I mean the people. I didn't mean or think that math research fundinng was a source of riches anyway; It's funded currently by mostly public money, how rich can any math researchers get from public money(compared to RSUs from stock grants)?
To transfer that to AI in private hands seems a bit crazy, but what do I know? I think funding bodies will stay the course in the short term before bending to some behind closed doors persuasion to feed the AI machine.