Katherine Boyle

And that was how they were viewed across a lot of Silicon Valley.

It's like too much headline risk, too much fear that Palmer's a little bit of a wild card, but also it was like, we're not going to support the Trump administration.

and the things that... We can't do that.

We're Silicon Valley.

We'll lose our shirt.

Our LPs will be upset.

To the credit of the firm I was at, it took maybe three days where I said, no, no, no.

These guys understand ethics.

They understand just war theory.

I ended up writing a 16-page memo in addition to the investment memo that talks about the numbers and how big this company can get.

on just war theory, on why this is an ethical product, how the DOD thinks about ethical products.

Trey got on the call with all the partners, and he has a theology background as well, and was talking about why they're seeing this as an ethical company.

Things you shouldn't have to do, right?

Like if you're in Washington, DC, if you're in a place that understands defense, you should not have to explain why supporting the DOD is good.

But this was right after Project Maven.

It's right after the Google employees walked out and said, we are not supporting the Trump administration and the DOD.

And I haven't told this story before, but I had this moment where they were debating the ethics and I was asked to leave the room because I wasn't one of the managing partners and the partnership was going to make a decision.

And I walked down across the street to this church in St.

Dominic's in San Francisco.

And I just kneeled down and I prayed to God.