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Every time I see a company I've never ever heard of get acquired for hundreds of millions of dollars, I have to step back and wonder what an interesting world we live in.

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To be fair, there are probably dozens of such deals every day in traditional non-tech industries.

Yup. For example, did you know that CK Infrastructure is buying Ista? Ista builds energy meters, and is worth... $4.5B.

http://www.reuters.com/article/deals-day-idUSL3N1JI3AN

Is this a fair analogy when considering Ista's history ("Clorius is taken over by ista. -1974")? https://www.ista.com/uk/company/facts-figures/history/

They also have a billion dollars in revenue, and generate cash.

Yes, like a Tequila company founded by George Clooney getting bought for $1b today

Is was mentioned on NPR's Marketplace this evening that Clooney and Co's Tequila company was founded mostly by accident. And ended up being worth $1b.

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