[paulvorobyev]

I think you misunderstood what he was saying. Magic Leap, as of now, has received $2.3B in the comments[1]. This is mentioned in the article's subtitle.

[1]: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/magic-leap

[sp332]

Yes but what they're buying is a share of the company and its profits. No one is paying $2.3B to develop the tech.