To make the starting out to a very successful story which you might want to tell in a couple of years. Not sure is whether today's management has every connection inside the industry they need. They have very good skills, but that may not be the only key you need. Remember Poet's plan for a paradigm change in the semiconductor industry :-)
I would go away from money saving arguments, if that was the argument than Poet would never have hired Ajit. For me Poet is right in the middle of transforming from a David to a Goliath.