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JetBrains buying it would be out of left field but makes sense in some sense and would be the best possible outcome.

• brobdingnagians 2y ago
  Jetbrains decided to go from the Space product to a cut down Space Code product with just code review and git hosting, but then this last week announced they will be shuttering even that next year. I doubt they want to get back into the git hosting, if they did by buying GitLab, that would be odd.
• Macha 2y ago
  I'm not sure if Jetbrains is bigger than I expected or Gitlab smaller, but it feels to me that Jetbrains wouldn't be able to afford Gitlab.
  • reaperman 2y ago
    It would be roughly a merger of equals (1-2 billion either direction), and I'm not sure how that could be financed without JetBrains giving up too much control over their own existing company. Perhaps a bank could extend a private loan if they believed in JetBrains ability to use the merger to grow both sides of the merged company.
    • vasco 2y ago
      Gitlab is worth $10B on the public market right now without an acquisition premium. You're very far.
      • reaperman 2y ago
        Ah wow, my apologies. I didn’t realize it was publicly traded! I used very inappropriate sources for that valuation…most likely super outdated without realizing it.