“We paid $10,000 for it… we rewrote the software completely, redesigned the UI and introduced monetization.”

Bending Spoons · Prof G Markets · This EU Firm Made Billions Buying Up Forgotten Tech

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Acquired a tiny iOS keyboard-personalisation app for $10,000, completely rewrote the code, redesigned the UI and added monetisation

$10,000 purchase price

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