The only thing your comment right there proved is that you don&#x27;t know what you&#x27;re talking about.<p>They don&#x27;t operate on a financial motivation. They have literally no requirement to do so. What they do is identify commercial products that any&#x2F;all of the federal government may be interested in using and fund it if possible, or at least try to fund partial features.<p>For example, Google Earth was funded by In-Q-Tel long before Google bought the product. In fact, many startups use In-Q-Tel funding as a badge of honor when pitching to VCs later on, as it shows a potential revenue source given the existing financial commitment.