I know of a few situations where a company valued in the $billions are paying a fortune to a company valued in the $hundreds of millions for very questionable v

I know of a few situations where a company valued in the $billions are paying a fortune to a company valued in the $hundreds of millions for very questionable value. If the value of the buyer at the top of the food chain crumbles then the value of a whole ecosystem of vendors are hurt too. Large parts of the VC backed software industry are built on a house of cards.