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In 2019, Airbus displaced Boeing as the largest aerospace company by revenue.

In October 2019, the A320 family became the highest-selling airliner family with 15,193 orders, surpassing the Boeing 737's total of 15,136.

In 2023 the number of Airbus aircraft in service surpassed Boeing for the first time.



One example? How about tech?


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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