

"They’ll work on helping the Army acquire more commercial tech, though it’s not clear how conflict-of-interest issues will be enforced, given the fact that the people all work for companies that would conceivably be selling their wares to the military. "
They’re doing it for the corruption. Instead of the Army picking the best technology, the CTO of Palantir will be ordering the Palantir contracts.
Next step is for Trump to fire the Generals and replace them with Maga CEO’s.
Work hard for 20 years in the Army and you too can be passed over for promotion because Lt Colonel was handed to someone with zero experience because they are a friend of Trump.