[vapemaster]

So where is the geographic location that does fund hard problems?

SV $ is far from perfect but it is surprisingly audacious and fault tolerant.

A few examples old and young:

Genentech

SpaceX

Joby

TAE Technologies

[rexreed]

The geographic location of the company or the money? These aren't the same thing.

* There's a lot more biotech in Boston than SV * There's even more biotech in Pennsylvania * Battery tech companies are all over the country * There's a ton of space tech in Texas and Mississippi. Yes, Mississippi. And Florida. * Telecom? Look outside the US for strength * Cybersecurity? Maryland. Virgnia. and Israel. * AI? Literally every major country in the world. * Advanced materials? So many places.

Increasingly SV has less and less to offer. Maybe raw money, but I thought companies were looking for smart money, not dumb money.

[MetalGuru]

You specifically reference funding, so I would assume he's referring to VC capital allocation.