acqui-hire

also referred to as: acqui-hires

1 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 19, 2026 by Martin Casado · across every show →

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Feb 19, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Casado: Wave of AI acqui-hires is net positive for VCs
“We're actually seeing historic amount of M&A for basically aqua hires, right? That you like, you know, really good outcomes from a venture perspective that are effective aqua hires, right? So I would say it's probably net positive from the investment standpoin…”
Martin Casado Feb 19, 2026 ▶ 17:09 Inside AI’s $10B+ Capital Flywheel — Martin Casado & Sarah Wang of a16z
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