Why the assumption they have "applications" in mind? Big-corps sit on piles of cash. They have an "innovation department". They have VC arm. They throw money i

Why the assumption they have "applications" in mind? Big-corps sit on piles of cash. They have an "innovation department". They have VC arm. They throw money in accelerators, they organise fintech hackathons, They invest in small startups. They do many a strange thing with their money! EDIT: >just participate to get in on the hype This.