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On July 1st, Google and ITA Software signed on the dotted line and ITA agreed to be purchased by Google.

I’ve been working at ITA since October 2007 and it’s an amazingly fascinating job. No matter how insane you believe the airline industry is from the perspective of an airline traveler, it’s probably more than 10x that insane from the point of view of someone with a bit more insight into how things work. And that said, my window into the airline world is much smaller than many — so I’m sure it gets even crazier then more you learn.

Needless to say, the chance to work for Google (pending the usual regulatory approval that’s associated with these sorts of deals) is an exciting one. ITA has won countless awards for being a great place to work. Google is known to be a great place to work as well. In this regard, the companies are a really good fit. Add to that the push for innovation, creativity and producing the best products in their class, and you have even more synergies.

These are definitely interesting times.