Two New Pentagon Advisors Have Money Ties to Companies Winning Government Deals

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth picked Marc Andreessen and Blake Masters for a Pentagon advisory panel on August 11, 2026. Both have ties to 1789 Capital, a firm co-founded by Donald Trump Jr. Companies backed by Andreessen's firm and 1789 have received billions in government loans and contracts since January 2025, including a $620 million Pentagon loan to a mining start-up called Vulcan Elements.