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Re:Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3... by elias_t on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @06:22AM (#49166555)
Probably they are getting eaten by new AI integrations and the numbers don’t look good.

It’s strange, I thought they were in pole position to integrate into vibe coded apps with bolt and co. Maybe be a strategy issue?

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Re:Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3... by v5v3 on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @06:48AM (#49166770)
It's used by non technical people so not sure AI is the competition.

Perhaps Notion and all the project planning apps like Linear, ClickUp, Asana?

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Re:Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3... by elias_t on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @07:10AM (#49166926)
> It's used by non technical people so not sure AI is the competition.

I mean yes but most of them are vibe coding apps now

> Perhaps Notion and all the project planning apps like Linear, ClickUp, Asana?

Most probably, but their market share must have free fall for such valuation

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Re:Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3... by sodastar on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @09:08AM (#49182346)
you'd be amazed how little people are vibe coding their apps to have alternatives. I mean i recently did for a club, but other clubs are still buying the SaaS-solution for 250$ a year, while having more members and i'd assume at least 1 technical person, that knows what they are doing.
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