I'd ascribe "deep tech" to anything that you can reasonably get a PhD in and have it not be unusual. There are dozens of academic conferences on DBs pushing the frontier forward.

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fg137 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Don't feed the troll.

The dude doesn't know anything about databases.

	▲	ForHackernews 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I know that many practical databases already exist and where I come from refining or improving something that already exists hardly qualifies as "deep tech". Is PepsiCo doing deep tech research on Crystal Pepsi? However, the commenter I was responding to apparently considers just about _any_ research in any significant field to be deep tech so w/e I give up and I'll go update my CV to include the phrase "deep tech research"

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ForHackernews 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm very excited to keep pushing the frontiers of deep tech art history, just as soon as I complete my $150M Series B raise.

	▲	wbl 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They use cyclotrons with some regularity and advanced imaging techniques.