John Tinker
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Dan Caine - Wikipedia

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Show threadNicole Parsons1d ago

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Private equity profiteering & control of military services; what could go wrong?

https://thehill.com/video-clips/5808461-watch-live-pete-hegseth-dan-caine-pentagon-iran-briefing/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-dan-razin-caine-trumps-pick-to-be-the-next-joint-chiefs-of-staff-chairman

Caine Group
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-13/shield-ai-in-talks-to-raise-1-billion-at-12-billion-valuation

Shield Capital, a venture capital firm. Caine is a partner at Ribbit Capital & an advisor for Thrive Capital.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/palantir-cio-jim-siders-leaves-for-thrive-capitals-shield-technology.html

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2026/02/11/ribbit-capital-fund-venture-500-million.html

https://voyagertechnologies.com/press-releases/voyager-adds-intelligence-leader-dan-caine-to-defense-national-security-advisory-board/

https://www.modernretail.co/technology/walmart-deepens-relationship-with-onepay-a-one-stop-finance-app-it-helped-create/

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/23/despite-bitter-rivalry-kalshi-polymarket-ceos-back-35m-predictions-markets-vc-fund/

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Automated warfare run by private equity hedge fund managers that rewards the donors to the GOP.

https://defensescoop.com/2025/06/04/gen-dan-caine-ai-emerging-tech-connecting-founders-funders/

https://ffnews.com/newsarticle/funding/nevis-announces-40m-from-sequoia-capital-iconiq-and-ribbit-as-it-emerges-from-stealth-to-build-ai-for-wealth-management/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-09/walmart-backed-super-app-onepay-hits-4-billion-valuation

https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/08/28/m0-series-b-40-million-polychain-ribbit-capital-stablecoins/

At AI conference, Gen. Caine calls for connecting with ‘founders and funders’ of emerging tech

In his most high-profile public address since he became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine told members of industry that the Pentagon needs to do more to connect “founders and funders” of emerging technologies.

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