[indeedmug]

So basically at some point they were funded in part by the CIAs fund as well as other tech companies. Now they aren't at all.

Seems very misleading to claim they are CIA funded at this point.

[joe_the_user]

The reason that CIA contact at any point is significant is that, unlike an ordinary investment house, US intelligence agencies as a matter of course act to keep their activity secret. It stands to reason that this implies that any visible CIA involvement would indicate much invisible involvement by The Agency - and various ex-CIA agents who've gone public have basically confirmed this.

So getting funding from the CIA really is different from other thing - possibly. But the situation of all this not being known and being officially concealed produces a lot of paradoxes.