> we're heavily subsidized by huge grants and funding this is how it is in Canada too! My city has a huge manufacturing sector so a lot of these little startup

> we're heavily subsidized by huge grants and funding this is how it is in Canada too! My city has a huge manufacturing sector so a lot of these little startups with super niche products that take lots of R&D are found there. But no one talks about us because engineers aren't paid doctor money here (the grants aren't THAT good, which I think in the US defense sector they are).