It's strange that in the middle of the article, there's suddenly a paragraph about how government requirements on research and procurement usually are detrimental. It's like they're saying "this story is neat, but let's not forget government is awful." At least finish your story before criticizing unrelated things.
As someone who had worked with both research and procurement agencies in the Canadian government, I'm surprised the author was able to hold their tongue until the middle of the article.
How is it not topical to mention that a government-led research project failed to accomplish with their own data trove what a private organization did with it, when the whole article is about that very data and that private organization's achievement?
