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Re:Nubank acquires Cognitect by xmlblog on Thursday July 23, 2020 @10:24AM (#23927651)
> Who is really going to be interested in building on top of tech owned by a (new, unknown, regional) bank?

As opposed to building on top of tech "owned" by a small software consultancy? Perhaps I simply lack imagination, but how is this worse?

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Re:Nubank acquires Cognitect by clj_throwaway on Thursday July 23, 2020 @10:45AM (#23927870)
We all know the history of acquihires. Key tech and products inevitably are swallowed, never seen outside again.

Besides that, datomic really is a great solution for banks and fintech....are other firms like that going to buy from another bank, maybe a competitor?

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