I assumed that wasn't the case as in the original comment thread people reported that Meebo had been letting staff go because of the acquisition, although I guess that could mean they're only interested in a small portion of the team. My mistake for discounting that possibility.

They let go people from the sales team. Execs, engineering and product were all hired (assuming they made it through the standard Google hiring process).

100 million is pretty high for a talent acquisition. How big is the team?

Nothing saying that they can't have bought Meebo for both the team and the bar.