The thing i want to know is how is this company funded? What puts food on the table? Or is it just living off personal wealth? Or is it investor funded, in which case, how come the investors are not clamering for a return on investment?

Edit: just found https://medium.com/red-planet-labs/introducing-red-planet-la... , so i guess they're using investor money.

We're funded by top investors including Initialized, Naval Ravikant, and Max Levchin. They've seen firsthand what we're building and understand both how hard it is and how valuable it will be.