Government Alphabet agencies (see what I did there) don't just outsource, they run shell companies and real companies. They also invest in startups. Along with the revolving doors of regulation and regulated industries, nepotism, insider dealing one wonders if the labels such as Government and Corporate are just a distraction? The extent of this is probably unknowable but sometimes I wonder how much we all know for certain, because it is so obvious, is not actually so.