In fact Nanobotix shoot all the way into the top ten, at number nine to be precise.
In 2054!
Fortune takes a more rational view of the future of nanotechnology in this fun look forward at the Fortune 500 in 50 years time. While many of the applications involving assemblers and the replacement of much of industry with bottom up production methods will sound familiar to recipients of recent mailings from peddlers of nanotechnology get rich quick schemes, Fortune thinks we may have to wait another 25 years.
While the timescales may cause enthusiasts to splutter, and cynics to scoff, we are far more worried about number 10 on the list!