Wednesday, October 23

Twitter acquires job search startup Laskie

Twitter has made its first acquisition of the Musk period with the acquisition of the job search firm Laskie.

The acquisition, first reported Tuesday, reportedly value Twitter “tens of millions” in money and inventory, but a particular determine has not been introduced.

Laskie was based in 2021 and, as of Tuesday, now not has a functioning web site.

The firm was billed as a kind of relationship app for staff and employers that aimed to match job seekers with work that greatest match their wants.

“We believe that finding an incredible remote job shouldn’t be so challenging. We’ve helped everyone from engineers to designers to marketers find their dream role,” an archived model of Laskie’s web site reads.

Laskie, which was free for job seekers, raked in vital income from companies that paid the corporate a share of a employed worker’s first-year wage.

The firm’s first acquisition comes as CEO Elon Musk tries to create an “everything app” out of Twitter.

The acquisition of Laskie might be a approach to incorporate job-seeking into Twitter. Twitter has lately added options making inventory buying and selling by means of the app simpler and Mr. Musk floated including a relationship function to Twitter.

Twitter couldn’t be reached for remark.

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