Tech Have a great idea for 5G? Verizon may give you a million dollars to make it happen January 11, 2019 Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY Comments Off on Have a great idea for 5G? Verizon may give you a million dollars to make it happen If Verizon buys into in your vision for 5G and considers it commercially viable, the company will issue you up to a cool $1 million in seed money.