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• In fact, the industry has thrived largely by consuming startups after they have developed their first products but before they gain enough market traction to warrant high market capitalization.

Whether that will apply to POET Technologies, is a different question.

Another remarkable point is that Synopsys seems to acquire startups or at least this startup "just in case":

• Even Synopsys’ top executives are rather candid in their uncertainty about where this deal will lead, …