Complete speculation at this point based on a few articles like this.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/21/google-says-it-passed-on-deal-worth-up-to-5-billion/?mod=ST1&ref=/news/technology
Make up your own mind on this one, but we shouldn't be spreading this as fact. Only time will tell if there was any connection to POET at all. I personally doubt that there was any offer by Google at that time.
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