There could be other financing options that wouldn't hinge on astronomic outcomes to be sustainable. We could have crowdfunded incubators where potential custom

There could be other financing options that wouldn't hinge on astronomic outcomes to be sustainable. We could have crowdfunded incubators where potential customers provide seed capital and sign on to sponsor the project, and imho it would align incentives a lot better than "maximizing shareholder value" with bait and switch business models.