While I generally agree with your comment, I think the one big advantage of private companies over academia is that they're typically much less resource constra

While I generally agree with your comment, I think the one big advantage of private companies over academia is that they're typically much less resource constrained. Academic labs sometimes take huge shortcuts on cost with strange side effects. Often the way to be more rigorous or faster is "have fewer resource constraints" and even a mediocrely funded startup can have much more money than a well funded academic lab. On top of that, the more experienced team members spend a smaller percentage of their time fundraising.