Facebook confirmed its acquisition of Servicefriend, an Israeli startup that develops customer-service bots, and signs point to the transaction being completed with the social network’s upcoming Libra cryptocurrency in mind.
Ingrid Lunden of TechCrunch reported on the deal, saying that it was initially revealed by Israeli local publication The Marker following a tip from Servicefriend investor Roberto Singler.
A Facebook spokesperson would only say, “We acquire smaller tech companies from time to time. We don’t always discuss our plans.”
However, Lunden reported that the LinkedIn profiles of co-founders Ido Arad and Shahar Ben Ami, as well as full stack developer Billy Chu, all indicate not only that they all work for Facebook, but specifically on the Calibra digital wallet it is developing.
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