According to a report by Bloomberg, Elon Musk’s X Corp., the parent company of Twitter, has made its first acquisition: a tech talent recruiting service called Laskie.
The deal was part-equity and part-cash and was worth “tens of millions” of dollars
Laskie is a San Francisco-based job-matching tech startup that specializes in recruiting tech talent for potential employers
According to a report by Axios, this deal could be a step towards the billionaire’s aim to turn Twitter into a “super-app” that will offer multiple functions, including payments, to users
The acquisition marks one of Musk’s first major initiatives since he bought the social media service for $44 billion in October
Laskie, matches job seekers with prospective employers, may bring Twitter a step closer to its super app goal and allow it to compete with LinkedIn as a professional social networking platform
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