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Bun has been acquired by Anthropic (bun.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/programming@programming.dev
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Biggest WTF news I've read today. I'm not a web dev so this doesn't affect me, but this is bizarre.

We get a closer first look at what's around the corner for AI coding tools, and make Bun better for it

This incredibly popular tool is now going to merge with an AI company and shift gears to be turned into some forced AI hype machine. Yipee! Exactly what all the devs were hoping for! /s

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[–] 57 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Not overly surprising.

Google and Salesforce have been "developing" new features and products this way for at least the last 13 years?

  1. Find promising small business/startup
  2. Buy it with your war chest money
  3. Force them to integrate with your systems and live inside your walled garden.
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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    I'm not a business expert, so i want to ask:
    Can you "reject" being bought?

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  • [–] 29 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Amazon.com acquired parent Quidsi, Inc. for $545 million on November 8, 2010. Prior to Amazon's purchase, Amazon sold diapers at steep losses in order to undercut Diapers.com and drive down the purchase price of the company.

    No. Not if they really want to buy you.

    Source

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    Getting bought is often the whole point for a founder, since that's one of a few ways for you to get a big payday.

    Getting bought only really happens if a majority of the shareholders agree to it, so you can reject it as much as you want.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    I mean, technically yes.

    But mega corpos have so much money to throw at you that at one point, it's hard to say no and very few people can refuse.

    It is generational wealth that is being offered to the shareholders. I know I would fold.

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