Two S-tier devtools startups acquired in a single day, devs say
JoshPurtell · x · 2026-11-05
Developer-circle poster @thdxr noted an unusual cluster of acquisition announcements in one day. @JoshPurtell quipped that if he got a quarter for every S-tier devtools / dev-first startup acquired today, he'd have two quarters — "which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice." No specific acquirers or targets were named.
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