Re:Hyundai to acquire Boston Dynamics
by mywittyname on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @04:02PM
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Cutting edge research is ultra-high risk-to-reward.
Some of the scientist and engineers working there might invent/discover what could be the most significant thing in human history for the next hundred years. Leading to a fabulous amount of wealth creation. But there's no guarantee the company financing all of this will be able to capitalize on that invention.
That's a lot of ifs. If people there invent something important; if the company sees the true value of the invention; if it is marketed in a way that makes money; if etc...
True. Just ask Xerox.
I mean, we're talking about the value of a business. Boston Dynamics is more of a research lab. They don't really have much in the way of revenue streams, customers, products, etc.