Apple (with backing of the US government) vs EU. My money is on Apple winning this battle. I'm sick of these lawsuits against Apple/MSFT. Europe is just jealous that US/Korea/Japan can create global tech brands that anyone cares about.
Yeah what is a tech company? I here people in Bay Area saying they work in tech all time time. Uber is a transportation company not a technology company. If Uber is a tech company then American Airlines is a tech company too. Both have an app which will let you get on some form of transportation and get one place to another. Boston Dynamics is a technology company for example. They build robots for the sake of building robots and hoping to sell the technology.
I know someone who just got a 1 br for $2050 in NOPA. $3000 per bedroom is more like SOMA area. Outer Sunset/Richmond have plenty of cheaper apartments.
It's not even "when you will come to the US". It's when will you come to Silicon Valley. The rest of the US is considered inferior in S.V. from the community here. We live in a global economy. You can build your company where it suits you best. There are many quality investors all over the world. Good Luck.
Could it be that your understanding of Toyota quality is based on millions and millions of dollars of marketing money spent each year. And then it turns out they are just like every other large global company.