purchase price < funding amount, investors had liquidity preferences, probably only a couple employees (if any) got anything

Were you employee at a time of acquisition?

why would it matter? I had vested a good chunk of my stocks. And it’s hard to define since they did not buy my shares.

Did they pay out everything to "preferred" shareholders, leaving employees with common shares holding an empty bag?

So Apple did not actually buy all of drive.ai?

I honestly have no idea of what I can say and what I can't say.

I think it's reasonable to think that I can share that nobody bought my shares. I can't talk for any other employee or anybody else.

The crunchbase story title "Apple Said To Have Bought Assets Of Struggling Drive.ai" perhaps indicates what happened. https://news.crunchbase.com/news/drive-ai-reportedly-closing...

what was the grant value of your stocks?