Nonsense. The "deal" could have easily been written for ONEV to demonstrate Proof-of-Concept, failing that, they could easily incur all costs. I deal with managers from Fortune 100 companies that are
beseiged with companies trying to sell them "magic elixers" in their field. I've asked, "you must be inundated with them and having to prove their stuff works must cost?" ...they've replied, ...