On: Loopt acquires GraffitiGeo

[gbookman]

Classic Google tactic of buying early stage companies with great technology and brains.

Is this the first time a YC company has acquired another?

[sachinag → gbookman]

There's one I can think of off the top of my head: Posterous acquired Slinkset. There are probably others.

[aristus → sachinag]

Reddit merged with infogami back in the day.

http://www.paulgraham.com/notnot.html

[pg → aristus]

Baseshield is also the result of a merger between two YC funded startups.