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		myko 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Welcome to Gas Town why would faang buy it when they could vibe code it in 3 weeks?

BoneShard 3 months ago [–]

why do they buy others ai start ups?

piaste 3 months ago | [–]

Often it's to acquire the founders' knowledge and/or IP.

But Gastown is MIT licensed, and Yegge is bragging about never having looked at the code at all.

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