No need to look for a conspiracy, this sort of thing happens all the time to all sorts of companies. Maybe it’s a patent they want, maybe they want the talent, maybe they want the assets, maybe they want to remove a competitor… It’s really not that unusual.
So what is the point of acquiring them if they just dismantle the company? Seems stupid unless it’s funded by the CIA or something.
No need to look for a conspiracy, this sort of thing happens all the time to all sorts of companies. Maybe it’s a patent they want, maybe they want the talent, maybe they want the assets, maybe they want to remove a competitor… It’s really not that unusual.
You’re right, if it was an intelligence service they’d want the service to continue while they have a backdoor.
Maybe they want to suck part of the codebase into notion?
I have a friend who works with ex Zenly employees, and that’s exactly what Snapchat did with them.
Just buying the tech. Might want to use it internally or whatever