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Sacks: Traditional antitrust guidelines would allow Google to acquire HubSpot
“And I think that a Republican antitrust enforcer would probably be guided by market share considerations first and foremost. And so in this case, since Google does not have a CRM play, then based on a traditional definition of antitrust, they would be able to …”
Chamath: Google acquiring HubSpot would take three years for antitrust approval
“If it took Google almost two years to get a, an accelerometer on a wrist to prove from antitrust, this is going to take three years.”
Calacanis: Google wants HubSpot for customer data, not a SaaS business
“That's what's actually happening here. It's, they don't want a SaaS business. They want the data. They want to retarget folks, and then they want to make, close more sales and be more efficient than TikTok and Facebook and Meta.”