Google reportedly floated a $30B Snapchat deal in 2016, a missed acquisition that still haunts hindsight
signulll · x · 2026-07-23
A throwback post revisits the reported $30B Google offer for Snapchat in 2016, and how Snap’s later decline makes the missed acquisition look even stranger in hindsight.
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