The big difference is that they knew they could make it fast. It is like you are a carpenter and say you have a table in stock which you didn't build yet.

The big difference is she didn't have anything and no viable path to deliver it. A fundamental step had to be made which wasn't there. It is like promising anti gravity flight. If you have a functioning anti gravity Prototyp you can probably make a plane with enough engineering. If you don't it will not happen no matter how much money you pour in.