Each of those major verticals supports software&#x2F;technology companies.  I&#x27;m sure Exxon has a whole ecosystem of smaller companies hanging from it that are all extremely sophisticated from a technology standpoint.  There are probably any number of disrupting technological innovations waiting to happen in those industries that have virtually no SV presence.<p>When people talk about the insular nature of SV they are usually referring to the echo chamber it creates.  To those of us on the outside looking in, it seems like SV is more interested in &quot;a social network for X&quot; or &quot;Uber for Y&quot; than branching out to those other major industries.