Comment by Fade_Dance

Renaissance Technologies as well. One of the top quant trading firms, with a bit of a mythical aura around them, was specifically seeded with academics, and it also has an academic-style internal environment (vs other quant funds, which also hire academics but leave most of the culture at the door).

Also seeded with NSA talent, with a founder who worked in academia and codebreaking, just to make your comment even more relevant.