The author looks clueless about this structure also. But interesting to point out a trend that was maybe unnoticed. One of the reason for an acquihire or some

The author looks clueless about this structure also. But interesting to point out a trend that was maybe unnoticed. One of the reason for an acquihire or something like that might also be because of other costly factors that is not taken into account: non competition agreement preventing you to poach employees/leaders from existing company to work on the same topics, cost to poach individual employees one by one, with individual negotiations, welcome bonus, the risk that some key asset refuse, ... With the acquihire, you have a whole team, used to work together, ready to work for you as they were before on day 1. And get the brand and possible IP in bonus.