Technology-to-Market Valley of Death

The critical gap between a technology's initial laboratory breakthrough and successful single validation to establishing a sustainable, scalable commercial operation. This valley is not a technical capability problem, but rather a systemic integration challenge spanning systems, supply chains, talent, regulatory certification, and cost control. Many technologies fail at this stage not because they don't work in principle, but because they cannot become reliable, scalable, and profitable business systems.

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