return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoElon Musk’s Neuralink raises fresh cash at $9B valuationwww.semafor.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down136
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minus-squareLembot_0002@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·11 days agoContinue the research until the result would be self-funding. That’s how researchers work. First you pour resources into it, then it might provide you with something sellable. Eventually. Maybe. Or not.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·11 days agoSo, no business model.
minus-squareLembot_0002@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·11 days agoYes, no business model. Many things don’t have it. Even the Sun.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·11 days agoIs the sun a business?
minus-squareLembot_0002@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·11 days agoA research company isn’t a business either. Even if the formal de jure blabbering states otherwise.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·11 days agoSo Neuralink isn’t a commercial company?
minus-squareLembot_0002@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·11 days agoDe facto – no. Research project.
Continue the research until the result would be self-funding.
That’s how researchers work. First you pour resources into it, then it might provide you with something sellable. Eventually. Maybe. Or not.
So, no business model.
Yes, no business model. Many things don’t have it. Even the Sun.
Is the sun a business?
A research company isn’t a business either. Even if the formal de jure blabbering states otherwise.
So Neuralink isn’t a commercial company?
De facto – no. Research project.