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Classic Google tactic of buying early stage companies with great technology and brains. Is this the first time a YC company has acquired another?

• sachinag 17y ago
  There's one I can think of off the top of my head: Posterous acquired Slinkset. There are probably others.
  • aristus 17y ago
    Reddit merged with infogami back in the day. http://www.paulgraham.com/notnot.html http://www.paulgraham.com/notnot.html
    • pg 17y ago
      Baseshield is also the result of a merger between two YC funded startups.