Exactly, it's not that good technology gets funding, it's that technology that gets funding gets good. People often get this the wrong way around. They believe

Exactly, it's not that good technology gets funding, it's that technology that gets funding gets good. People often get this the wrong way around. They believe you just need a good idea. No, you need social circles that can invest in your idea. Investment improves things over time. Alan Kay talks about this. That the quality of the project is the quality of the funders. You can have good ideas, but if you don't have access to funders, your good idea will not have the resources to become a great idea.