I know from experience that you can put together a very good full-suite team of 20 people in SFBA with a 5-year budget in the tens of millions. That's a fractio

I know from experience that you can put together a very good full-suite team of 20 people in SFBA with a 5-year budget in the tens of millions. That's a fraction of a $300M acquisition (though obviously the acquisition brings IP, relationships, a team that already works together, etc.) Such a team is on the small side for a Fortune 500, but definitely large enough to do real work and more than pay for themselves (especially if you're introducing serious ML into your company for the first time).