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They might have a great technological solution or expertise that the acquihiring company needs. Thus they might be paying for the technology instead of spending
by gamerDude 12y ago
They might have a great technological solution or expertise that the acquihiring company needs. Thus they might be paying for the technology instead of spending time and resources trying to develop it themselves.
- ojbyrne 12y agoThen its not an acquihire.
- AndrewKemendo 12y agoIn that case the acquiring company would be coming to them. If there is a pinch point that bad that an unproven technology would be implemented before it has traction, any wind of the technology to fix it would draw mice.
- gojomo 12y agoThat's not quite an "acqui-hire", though, that's a technology purchase. "Acqui-hire" has a strong implication of, "we don't need your technology, and will likely discard/discontinue your product... but we want your engineers, as a cohesive team with relevant domain experience."