> It does grate me then, when someone else manages to raise 100M dollars on the premise of reinventing the wheel to solve the exact same problem, but from a worse starting point because they start from zero and they want to retain Python compatibility. Think of what money like that could do to Julia!
Python is a juggernaut with total control of the ML space and is a huge part (even if less dominant) in modern scientific computing.
A VC has way better chances of success building solutions compatible with Python rather than replacing it.