https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/10/the-largest-buys-of-techs-big-five-a-look-at-ma-deals/ > In startup land, the mandate is to get bought, go public or die trying. > And, as far as getting bought goes, one of tech’s Big Five could be a desirable acquirer. They have a lot of weight to throw around. Alphabet (the parent company of Google), Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft account for a titanic amount of market value — close to $3.9 trillion at time of writing. At least, that’s according to Crunchbase News’s dashboard of notable tech stocks.