They will most likely value the vision and concept of Anand, otherwise he would not have agreed to sell. He's not actively running it anymore, so it makes sense. The guy worked on it for 15 years and brought it up from nothing, well deserved imo.

Can you elaborate?

He was the driving force behind the site's quality. If you listened to the podcasts he did, it was obvious that he wasn't satisfied with anything less than perfection (in product review analysis).

Without him, at least to me, the site's value has declined significantly.

Well, some founders manage to create a lasting culture, in some places the culture flounders but rebounds, and in others the whole thing goes down the drain of "maximizing value" after the founder exits.

E.g. (while on a different scale and business area) Disney once more makes nice movies event though they went through a season of craptasia.

I have no idea what the situation is with Anandtech though.

And being that he's a perfectionist, do you think he'd be fine with hiring people that cut corners?

Exactly. He didn't leave that long ago, which makes this purchase just salt in the wound for the faithful readers. The fans of Anandtech loved the quality, not quantity of the articles.

Wow, glad I got downvoted 17 fucking times for my opinion.