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"YC-backed FizzleBit Labs founder Jonas Salk announces his Polio Vaccine as a Service, currently in closed private beta, has been acquired by Facebook for an un
by jordan0day 13y ago
"YC-backed FizzleBit Labs founder Jonas Salk announces his Polio Vaccine as a Service, currently in closed private beta, has been acquired by Facebook for an undisclosed amount. Insiders are calling this an 'acquihire', and it's likely that Dr. Salk's polio vaccine product will be shut down by the end of the year."
- dnautics 13y agoYou choose a particularly bad example, since Salk's effort was run as a completely private effort, aka "the march of dimes" (although it did enjoy FDR's bully pulpit). It was a nonprofit, too, so would you say the same thing about Watsi?