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A recurring theme of recent tech M&A has been deals to bring in talent in so-called acquihires.

The Federal Trade Commission is taking notice.

One member of the FTC warned Thursday that these, quote, creative deal structures could raise antitrust concerns.

Let's discuss and delighted to welcome Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the FTC to the program.

We cover the topic of acqui-hires on Bloomberg Tech regularly.

It was a mainstay story in 2025.

When does a talent deal stop being a talent deal and become more than that, become a merger?

What are the rules-based approach that the FTC would take, chairman, to look at that?

The language of clever or creative deal structures that I cited at the beginning of our conversation was from your colleague and fellow commissioner, Mark Mador, who was speaking at a conference in California yesterday.