Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

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The fact that Apple paid $20 million to a company that was about to fail and agreed to "develop" the IP and "commercialize" it to the tune of maybe $500 million means that Apple is making a significant investment.

If GTAT was successful in creating the boules to Apple's specs, then Apple's initial investment was $500 million. They would then have to buy the boules as well.

With LQMT, Apple's investment is $500 million. I don't care where they procure the alloy. What I care about is that LQMT will have the opportunity to take the IP and technology that they would otherwise never had access to and build a non-CE business around it (hopefully).