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To be fair, Austin does have a substantial semi-conductor presence. But we're still an order of magnitude behind SV levels of funding. Need one or two Googles f
by ndonnellan 10y ago
To be fair, Austin does have a substantial semi-conductor presence. But we're still an order of magnitude behind SV levels of funding. Need one or two Googles for that.
- pm90 10y agoI don't think Google made SV. There are a bunch of factors: presence of high quality research universities (UC system, Stanford, Caltech etc.) combined with a succession of successful tech companies (Fairchild, Intel etc.) that created a bunch of VC's that invested in more startups etc. Texas does have UT, TAMU etc. Maybe we need a couple of mega successful home-grown startups. Or perhaps the different tech companies starting up offices in Austin will create the density of engineers to reach that critical level where startups can find all the talent they need locally. I have a feeling it won't be the same path that SV took though.