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With stuff like this, they like the team that built it and want them on their side.

If you believe the founders/team is the right group to deliver a core product 3b is nothing to get them onside.

There is literally never a context in which 3b is “nothing”. Not even for a company that just raised 40b.

If investors think that the acquisition will increase the valuation of the company by 3B (or more), and the acquisition is paid fully or mostly in stock - then one can it basically for free.

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