SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, plus his partners at data-hoovering Palantir Technologies and drone-makers Anduril, are even the frontrunner, per Reuters confidential sources, to build the Trump-championed "Golden Dome," an AI-enabled missile homeland defense system to cost an estimated two trillion.

For key government positions, including military and/or information technology (IT) roles, the Trump administration has nominated or employed former Palantir tech execs and former senior executives from Anduril, which in February secured an Air Force contract and announced it had swiped an Army one from Microsoft.

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