His âInvaluableâ Perspective Was Worth $100,000
Why Silicon Valley hired Biden Mideast adviser Brett McGurk
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Many Obama officials said no to serving Trump, but McGurk stayed on in the State Department.
The artificial-intelligence company Primer Technologies started in San Francisco, and by 2019 had opened an office in Washington to keep apace with new business. But it needed government fixers to keep growing.
In April 2020, Primer brought Brett McGurk onto its board. A senior adviser in the past three U.S. presidencies, McGurk knew the software products that national-security agencies might want. He helped the company through the pandemic. Primerâs founder described his perspective as âinvaluable.â Even Gen. David Petraeus was impressed by the hire. âThat is a lot of talent on one board,â he posted. âBe careful that it doesnât achieve critical mass and set off a chain reaction! ðâ�
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