Lotlsoft LabsWhat bootstrapped founders actually said about AI, pricing and getting acquired
11 claims that held, each with the quote it rests on and the date it was true.
Seen in the corpus 2 times, 2022-04-22 to 2024-12-11. Claims that did not hold are not listed here: they were written by research agents rather than by Pierre de Wulf, so they belong with the other refusals, grouped by how they failed.
Pierre de Wulf is searching to acquire a dev-tools/API/cybersecurity SaaS doing $500k-$2m ARR.
I'm looking to acquire SaaS tools in the developers / API / cybersecurity space doing between 500k and 2m ARR.
Especially things likes: whois API / domain intelligence / IP reputation / API tools / proprietary dataset.
I won't be very far as I am now member of the board.
ScrapingBee was acquired by Oxylabs' group in an eight-figure all-cash deal.
In February 2025 Oxylabs acquired the company in a full cash deal. And we just had to stay 12 months. So in February 2026 I have decided to leave the bee!
ScrapingBee, a leading web scraping API platform, has been acquired by Oxylabs' group in an 8-figure all-cash deal.
The acquisition involved an undisclosed eight-figure sum.
Per Pierre, ScrapingBee's acquisition closed in February 2025.
In February 2025 Oxylabs acquired the company in a full cash deal. And we just had to stay 12 months. So in February 2026 I have decided to leave the bee!
ScrapingBee, a leading web scraping API platform, has been acquired by Oxylabs' group in an 8-figure all-cash deal.
The acquisition involved an undisclosed eight-figure sum.
Pierre served a 12-month stay.
In February 2025 Oxylabs acquired the company in a full cash deal. And we just had to stay 12 months. So in February 2026 I have decided to leave the bee!
ScrapingBee, a leading web scraping API platform, has been acquired by Oxylabs' group in an 8-figure all-cash deal.
The acquisition involved an undisclosed eight-figure sum.
Pierre left in February 2026.
In February 2025 Oxylabs acquired the company in a full cash deal. And we just had to stay 12 months. So in February 2026 I have decided to leave the bee!
ScrapingBee, a leading web scraping API platform, has been acquired by Oxylabs' group in an 8-figure all-cash deal.
The acquisition involved an undisclosed eight-figure sum.
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ScrapingBee offers 1,000 free API credits with no card.
1,000 free API credits
No credit card required.
Freelance
$49/mo
$99/mo
$249/mo
$599/mo
Pierre de Wulf deliberately killed the cheapest tiers.
we scraped the $9 a month plan and the $29 a month plan
Pierre de Wulf's deal included a 12-month founder stay.
full cash offer, which was the best for us
In February 2025 Oxylabs acquired the company in a full cash deal. And we just had to stay 12 months.
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selling to the biggest actor in this industry obviously smoothen out the risk because he knows about everything
Pierre de Wulf's lesson on what a sale actually is: the enforceable contract terms (price, earn-out, warranties) are only half of it.
Selling a company is more than what's on paper. There's the contract: price, earn-out, warranties, etc. There's also the side agreements you can't enforce: how the brand will live on, how the team will be treated, how the culture will change.
Once you sign, the company isn't yours anymore, so essentially, - about those later points - you just have to hope for the best.
Pierre de Wulf's lesson on what a sale actually is: the unenforceable side agreements about brand, team and culture are the part you can only hope on.
Selling a company is more than what's on paper. There's the contract: price, earn-out, warranties, etc. There's also the side agreements you can't enforce: how the brand will live on, how the team will be treated, how the culture will change.
Once you sign, the company isn't yours anymore, so essentially, - about those later points - you just have to hope for the best.