I don't really know. I worked for a startup once that was acqui-hired by Google and they hired all technical staff and other than the executives they made all

I don't really know. I worked for a startup once that was acqui-hired by Google and they hired all technical staff and other than the executives they made all the non-technical stuff redundant. Perhaps they are paying a little premium on hiring themselves to get a single team started and working on something very quickly?