Post-Acquisition Enables Long-Term Research
FrankRHutter · x · 2026-07-17
This comment adds perspective on the company's positioning post-acquisition: as an 18-month-old startup, it was difficult to undertake high-risk, high-reward research projects requiring multi-year investments.
The author's main point is that following the SAP acquisition, Prior Labs can now boldly pursue long-term, research-driven moonshots, advancing directions previously constrained by startup cycles.
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