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> They didn't have to join, which means they got a solid valuation. This isn't really true. It's more about who wanted them to join. Maybe it was Anthropic who
by n2d4 10mo ago
> They didn't have to join, which means they got a solid valuation.
This isn't really true. It's more about who wanted them to join. Maybe it was Anthropic who really wanted to take over Bun/hire Jarred, or it was Jarred who got sick of Bun and wanted to work on AI.
I don't really know any details about this acquisition, and I assume it's the former, but acquihires are also done for other reasons than "it was the only way".
- n2d4 10mo agoCan't edit my comment anymore but Bun posted a pretty detailed explanation of their motivation here: https://bun.com/blog/bun-joins-anthropic https://bun.com/blog/bun-joins-anthropic Sounds like "monetizing Bun is a distraction, so we're letting a deep-pocketed buyer finance Bun moving forward".
- brabel 10mo agoIsn’t Anthropic itself also burning investors money? I thought no AI company is making any profit.
- someguyiguess 10mo agoThis is correct