Reminder that this could be summarized in one bar graph. The darkblue base of bar 1 is the entirety of bar 2 (which is all private funding), and the purple base of bar 2 is the entirety of bar 3 (which is still just a segment of private funding, separated so it looks like there's more than there is).
But what's a billion dollars between friends?
Important to note, though, these are older graphs. They've since changed style to one that, while still misleading, isn't quite as bad.
Reminder that this could be summarized in one bar graph. The darkblue base of bar 1 is the entirety of bar 2 (which is all private funding), and the purple base of bar 2 is the entirety of bar 3 (which is still just a segment of private funding, separated so it looks like there's more than there is).
But what's a billion dollars between friends?
Important to note, though, these are older graphs. They've since changed style to one that, while still misleading, isn't quite as bad.