> Industry will only ever fund things that are easy to monetize in the very short term. Usually. ASML worked on something for two decades, and now, against all

> Industry will only ever fund things that are easy to monetize in the very short term. Usually. ASML worked on something for two decades, and now, against all odds, EUV works :) But, of course, it is notable because it is far from the normal case. And it was, more or less, an engineering problem, which required some support from scientists.