I remember at a big client, a certain product for part of the tech stack (sry for being this vague) was declined as a contender as 'the (EU) company behind this

I remember at a big client, a certain product for part of the tech stack (sry for being this vague) was declined as a contender as 'the (EU) company behind this product only has 200 employees'. For the US reader: from a European perspective, a 200 person EU software company is not exactly a fly by night operation as we do not have the VC space the US enjoys. Also, very early in my career, I got burned on a project by building on what IBM at the time touted as their next future platform for the SME space, only to see it discontinued the next year. Glad I payed my learning cost this early on a relatively small project.