> USA tech sector was basically bootstrapped by federal money/grants/investments given in no different way of what EU is doing right now There are MANY differe

> USA tech sector was basically bootstrapped by federal money/grants/investments given in no different way of what EU is doing right now There are MANY different ways to channel money into business or non-profit R&D. I doubt you can ignore all the differences and declare that what the US and the EU do or did is the same. I am not saying it doesn’t exist, but I am personally not aware of any similar multibillion declaration made by the US.