[janitha]

Profitability?

A cheap one time procedure (ie. vasalgel) is far less lucrative than a pill that need to be bought repeatedly.

[TSiege]

This has been my assumption as well. You'd think this would be a project the Gates foundation would jump on though

[gutitout]

Is the gates foundation known for investing in things that don’t drive revenue for them?

[wcoenen]

It's a non-profit set up to spend their fortune on charity...

[to1y]

Are they known for the opposite?

[gutitout]

“The No. 1 objective is preservation of capital,”

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/economy/2021/6/21/bill-and-mel...

Perhaps the marketing is good

[FateOfNations]

That's typical for foundations that operate along the lines of an endowment. The idea is that they want to be able to continue the sustain and grow their philanthropy forever and they can't do that if they run out of money.

[gutitout]

They invest in things that drive revenue for them. Including Crispr, WHO, farm land, fake meat, vaccines, etc.