(Bloomberg/Riley Griffin) — Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth said that the “tides have turned” in Silicon Valley and made it more palatable for the tech industry to support the US military’s efforts.

There’s long existed a “silent majority” who wanted to pursue defense projects, Bosworth said during an interview at the Bloomberg Tech summit in San Francisco on Wednesday.

“There’s a much stronger patriotic underpinning than I think people give Silicon Valley credit for,” he said. Silicon Valley was founded on military development and “there’s really a long history here that we are kind of hoping to return to, but it is not even day one,” Bosworth added.

Meta announced a new partnership with defense contractor Anduril Industries Inc. last week to develop produc

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