return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoElon Musk’s Neuralink raises fresh cash at $9B valuationwww.semafor.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down137
arrow-up1-24arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk’s Neuralink raises fresh cash at $9B valuationwww.semafor.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareLembot_0002@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·2 months 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-down3·2 months agoSo, no business model.
minus-squareLembot_0002@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 months agoYes, no business model. Many things don’t have it. Even the Sun.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·1 month agoIs the sun a business?
minus-squareLembot_0002@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 month agoA research company isn’t a business either. Even if the formal de jure blabbering states otherwise.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 month agoSo Neuralink isn’t a commercial company?
minus-squareLembot_0002@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month 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.