# A fuckton of private and public research companies sprung up right after WWII Makes the idea of the military-industrial complex make more sense * [[Bolt Beranek and Newman]] Was founded in 1948 * Many of the [[DOE National Labs]] <!-- #stub #list --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/A+fuckton+of+private+and+public+research+companies+sprung+up+right+after+WWII) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/A+fuckton+of+private+and+public+research+companies+sprung+up+right+after+WWII)