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Propeller acquired by Palantir

• bane 12y ago
  Looks like Palantir is on an acquisition spree https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8105058 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8105058
  • chatmasta 12y ago
    I wonder if there's a financial explanation for the timing. Do acquisitions pad some kind of investor vanity metric?
    • bane 12y ago
      Best guess is that they're either planning another huge fundraising round or going public.
• greghinch 12y ago
  Can anyone chime in as to what Propeller does (did)? Looks like they shut down the site as part of this? (probably an aqui-hire?)
  • hboon 12y ago
    They provided higher level tools to create iOS and Android apps without programming. The co-founder @clayallsopp is prominent in the RubyMotion community.
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• ianlevesque 12y ago
  I don't have any problem with the acquisition but it seems like every single one of these inevitably includes "It's been an incredible journey" in their message. Surely people can be a bit more creative with the phrasing.
  • AVTizzle 12y ago
    This is a well documented phenomenon: http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/ http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/
    • ianlevesque 12y ago
      Ha! That is great.
    • amirmansour 12y ago
      I think people just say it on purpose now.
      • pilsetnieks 12y ago
        It's the Wilhelm scream of acquihires.
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  • tommoor 12y ago
    Very self aware I'm sure ;)
  • buro9 12y ago
    The other common phrase is for redundancies, "You are all very talented and deserve success.".
  • trhway 12y ago
    > inevitably includes "It's been an incredible journey" it is "thank you for your support" of this times and this generation
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