Comment on Twitter acquires BackType (YC S08)parentComments−rokhayakebe15yI think it is more sub $10M. Their product will be discontinued, so it appears they are buying the team. Bactype looks like a company with a handful of employees so you probably want to count $1M/engineer or maybe $1.2M.−webwright15yI've heard $1-3M per engineer is common math at BigCo (from the horse's mouth).In this case, the BackType engineers are pretty damn epic, so I'd wager it's towards middle/high side of the range.
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I think it is more sub $10M. Their product will be discontinued, so it appears they are buying the team. Bactype looks like a company with a handful of employees so you probably want to count $1M/engineer or maybe $1.2M.
I've heard $1-3M per engineer is common math at BigCo (from the horse's mouth).
In this case, the BackType engineers are pretty damn epic, so I'd wager it's towards middle/high side of the range.