M&A Challenge

A parent company called FlipFlop is in the final stages of acquiring StepToes AI and is looking to go through a Mergers and Acquisitions due diligence process with FOSSA as the compliance scanner. As an engineer, the execs at FlipFlop asked you to join a M&A kickoff call as part of your role at FOSSA. You meet with the StepToes AI engineers and are tasked with the following items:

Level I

• Prepare a “What is FOSSA?” presentation.
  • Explain FOSSA and how it will engage as part of the due diligence process.
• Sign up for FOSSA.
• Review the FOSSA CLI documentation.

Resources

• FOSSA CLI
• FOSSA compliance documentation
• FOSSA Youtube videos

Level II

• Based on the imaginary kickoff call above, FOSSA understands that StepToes AI has two major projects that need to be scanned. They have distributed and non-distributed products, which are present in this exercise. Help StepToes scan their projects by using the FOSSA CLI.
  • For the analyze command, use the --project flag for each directory in this repository.

Level III

• Review the results and determine any compliance risks.
• Generate compliance reports from FOSSA, and prepare an explanatory presentation for both StepToes AI and FlipFlop (separate presentations).
• Based on your learnings from this challenge, create collateral (written doc, slide deck presentation or video - your choice!) that you can send to a client, so that they can self-serve during an M&A!

Please complete as many items as you can, and have fun while you explore FOSSA's capabilities! If you have any questions please reach out to [email protected] (primary), [email protected] (secondary) and [email protected] (secondary).