For tech firms (big to startup), the path to have success or avoid failure now explicitly includes figuring how to align with the regime. It's been visible for the biggest (Meta, Oracle, Apple, etc.) but trickles down to all.

It is the Putinization of America: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/pu...

And that's sure working for Putin: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/putin-russ...