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> They've gone from Google -> Softbank -> Hyundai in a few years. I was a contractor at Google when the Google//Boston Dynamics was happening, I now work//live
by drdeadringer 5y ago
> They've gone from Google -> Softbank -> Hyundai in a few years.
I was a contractor at Google when the Google//Boston Dynamics was happening, I now work//live in Silicon Valley, I grew up in MA, so I've been mildly following the story.
Is this sort of pinball "normal"?
- tyingq 5y agoSoftbank said they were purposefully selling things off to do stock buybacks and cut debt earlier this year. They supposedly paid $100M for BD, so selling it for $880M would be a nice way to do that. I think the ping-pong is just coincidental timing of both Google and Softbank wanting to sell off R&D type things.