US Army swore in 4 tech executives as lieutenant colonels. Heres why

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  • The executives serve part time in the Army Reserve as senior advisers.
  • The Army is running an initiative "designed to fuse cutting-edge tech expertise with military innovation" The four executives all have or had senior positions at Meta, Palantir, Thinking Machines Lab or OpenAI.
  • It's possible the July 2026 posts confused that first cohort (Sankar, Bosworth, Weil and McGrew) with a June 10, 2026, announcement by the Army.
Claim The U.S. Army swore in four senior executives with ties to technology companies Meta, Palantir, OpenAI and Thinking Machines Lab as lieutenant colonels.

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