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Definitions of Acqui-hire

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When a big company buys a small one mainly to get its employees, then immediately shuts down the product they spent years building. Sold to the team as a 'soft landing.'
We got acqui-hired! Everyone has a job. The job is turning off the thing we built.
by soft_landing_hardly · May 28, 2026
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