How is Airbus not tech?

In any case, Spotify, SAP, Booking definitely qualify as competitive.

Booking is owned by a US company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booking_Holdings

Unfortunately for us, Europeans, that's what happens most of the time. SAP and Spotify are the ones that got away.

Europe ranks really poorly for tech: https://companiesmarketcap.com/tech/largest-tech-companies-b...

The context of the article is an innovation fund for tech startups. The comment was a dumb remark about how the US will fail in this domain. Airbus is not relevant to the discussion because Airbus is not a tech startup.

So, Spotify and raises eyebrows … SAP. Innovative.

If building airplanes isn't technology, I don't know what is.

BTW, Boeing is in the USA's top 10 exporters, it's not a minor thing.

But yeah the USA has a definite edge in software, if that's what you mean by "tech".

In the context of an article about an innovation fund for tech startups, that’s obviously what I mean by “tech”.

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