They were sold to Bending Spoons, and they've been trying to squeeze as much as they can from it before it dies
‘Spoon bending’ of course is the fraudulent claim by people like Uri Geller that they have supernatural powers that enable them to bend spoons. Whereas they’re just performing a magic trick.
So I could see ‘Bending Spoons’ as a company name a bunch of ways. Either they admire Uri, or they’re mocking the nonsense. Or it’s unrelated.
> The meaning of the name came [ … ] from the movie The Matrix. We loved it immediately because it captured some big ideas we believed in—and still believe in. These are the power of the mind to do what seems impossible, like bending spoons with your thoughts, and the value of persevering to achieve those goals.