alt Hacker Newsit looks like the company was already "transitioning" - $116M for 200 people in AI, and that nowdays when an NVDA or PLTR employee is $70M+ each. It looks like they were trying and failed to get $750M-$1B just half a year ago, and even that would normally be a bargain for 200 people.
It sounds like they just bought a bunch of patents. I’m not sure they would keep the acquihires from such a… successful product