<b>Heard: when a tool gets "acqui-hired," the product is already dead</b>

<b>Heard: when a tool gets "acqui-hired," the product is already dead</b>
The quiet kind of acquisition — a bigger company buys the team, not the product, and the announcement spins it as "exciting new chapter." Translation: the founders cash out, the roadmap freezes, and the tool runs on maintenance mode until the lights go off in 12-18 months. The tells: a vague "joining forces" post, support response times tripling, and no new features shipped. If you read that blog post, start your migration that week, not when the shutdown notice arrives. Don't wait for the 30-day warning. Watching this.