> it looks like Silicon Valley has run out of ideas for consumer stuff

The U.S. military spends about $800bn a year [1]. That's up about $300bn from ten years ago.

American consumers spend about $21 trillion a month [2].

If you look at VC, most of it still goes to B2C and B2B. DefenseTech is a headline because it's novel.

[1] https://www.warcosts.org/us-military-budget-2026

[2] https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&step=2&isuri=1&categor...