0 to acquire (= buy) a company in order to use its employees' skills or knowledge, rather than for its products or services:
1 the act of acquiring (= buying) a company in order to use its employees' skills or knowledge, rather than for its products or services:
a report on how the company completed a successful acquihire
The acqhire is a growing phenomenon, particularly among Silicon Valley firms.
Big businesses who acqui-hire often face employee retention issues.
Apparently we're being acqui-hired.
Acquihiring entrepreneurs can be tricky: some will turn down multi-million dollar deals if they feel the acquirer isn't a good fit.
An acqui-hire is a fancy way to say your company is being bought predominantly for the fabulous team you've assembled.
Relatively recent data suggests that most acqui-hires are of companies that have raised less than $5 million of outside funding.
