Oh and some other rich guy (crown Prince of Saudi Arabia) announced NEOM, a plan for a sustainable, connected and automated city in which he will invest 500 BIL

Oh and some other rich guy (crown Prince of Saudi Arabia) announced NEOM, a plan for a sustainable, connected and automated city in which he will invest 500 BILLIONS (not a typo, Google it). Of which 93 are scheduled for R&D in a fund comanaged with Softbank. But yes, this bill gates thing is nice too...