If you define "innovation" narrowly as basic research, then sure, funding for that typically comes from DARPA, NSF, and big corporations. Being science, it doe

If you define "innovation" narrowly as basic research, then sure, funding for that typically comes from DARPA, NSF, and big corporations. Being science, it doesn't even have to work out, let alone have immediate applications, let alone have a way to make money from it, let alone pursue it.