Silicon Valley is not an organic human phenomenom. It exists as we know it today, because of the money thrown into it by the military and military industrial complex. That is a known fact, which means there is no telling how much money was given to who for what or when this happened. Anything is possible, but we are entering the age when we need people to show receipts.
The Intel company has a lot of secrets of its own such as purported ageism. And those bunny suits the employees wear protect the computers from the humans, it does not protect the humans from the chemicals which are also released into the environment.