Dr. Yan Zheng, senior technical staff specializing in microelectronics at In-Q-Tel, discusses

• What it's like to invest in startups for the CIA and the rest of the US intelligence community
• What's broken in the early stage chip ecosystem and how to fix it
• Why the US government should consider expanding its direct investments in hard tech companies
• How the US needs to counterbalance CFIUS with carrots
• How anti-Asian violence has influenced the research community 

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