A number of US technology giants have been struck down with Jio fever in July 2020, with Google the latest to contract the contagious checkbook condition – responding with a $4.5 billion injection into the Indian technology trailblazer. Any investment in Jio, or the Indian internet market in general, is something we can fully get behind. What we cannot quite fathom is why Silicon Valley is about 3-4 years behind Faultline in identifying Jio as an investment prospect. Perhaps higher political powers were in play to prevent US technology firms investing in Jio early on when our coverage of the riotous company peaked, when acquiring these minor stakes would have a cost a fraction of the price. Google’s 7.7% stake…