IMO there are a few factors to think about: - Is it a substantial amount of money to you and the other founders? The signal to me is no based on referring to i

IMO there are a few factors to think about: - Is it a substantial amount of money to you and the other founders? The signal to me is no based on referring to it as "bad acquihire". - Are you still hyped to continue working on your product? - How long do you have to stay...? Anyone can tough out a few months, but what if it's a year or more? Is that what your team wants to do? Is there a team consensus? - One that's less important but still matters from an optics perspective for your CVs, your accelerator, etc is that you can call this a small acquisition or acquihire in the books, which doesn't have the same stigma as "failed".