return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoElon Musk’s Neuralink raises fresh cash at $9B valuationwww.semafor.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down137
arrow-up1-24arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk’s Neuralink raises fresh cash at $9B valuationwww.semafor.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareLembot_0002@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·1 year 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-down3·1 year agoSo, no business model.
minus-squareLembot_0002@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoYes, no business model. Many things don’t have it. Even the Sun.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·1 year agoIs the sun a business?
minus-squareLembot_0002@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 year agoA research company isn’t a business either. Even if the formal de jure blabbering states otherwise.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoSo Neuralink isn’t a commercial company?
minus-squareLembot_0002@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year 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.