EU providing tiny amounts of seed funding to and existing project to bootstrap a small proof of concept is entirely different from the EU trying to essentially create a tech giant.
a tech giant which is also a public utility a level or two lower than running water...
To be perfectly clear, OWS is an example of the former.
No one is trying to build a EU search giant.
"Funded by" is very distinct from what's happening here.
This is another Gaia-x, remember, the EU big tech cloud killer?
This is not a Gaia-X, it is an exploratory project, showing a possible way forward and setting first steps.