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And thus was born a new entrant into the large public cloud space. Congrats Linode! I'm guessing Digital Ocean will be next.

• benatkin 5y ago
  It seems like a massive acquihire to me - similar to Heroku. I don't think that DigitalOcean will be acquihired.
  • Elof 5y ago
    Definitely not an acquihire. Linode build a super solid business without taking any venture.
    • Elof 5y ago
      More info: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/akamai-tech-to-buy-linode-for-about-900-million-271644961664#:~:text=Akamai%20Technologies%20Inc.%20said%20Tuesday,revenue%20in%20fiscal%20year%202022 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/akamai-tech-to-buy-linode-....
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  • mlyle 5y ago
    $900M is pretty steep to acquire about 200 employees, of whom only a small fraction are technical. Nah, this is about acquiring a business for 9x revenue...
  • samwillis 5y ago
    18 years is a long time to run a business, I believe Linode hasn’t had much outside investment. I suspect the founding team are looking to exit and will slowly pull back over the next couple of years.
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• antoniuschan99 5y ago
  Less chance b/c DO is public now!
  • benatkin 5y ago
    Yeah, it would be quite an acquihire, and I am already stretching the definition by including Heroku! A true acquisition still is a strong possibility, but certainly far less likely than before the IPO, and it might be described as a merger.
    • antoniuschan99 5y ago
      I could see Oracle buying DO