Given the acquisitions of Stakewithus and Bware labs do not materially impact the operations of the validators or the organizational structure of the node operators, we don’t see a reason to deactivate either.
Oppositely, Numic’s merger into Pier Two does necessitate proper testing, with oversight from the NOM contributor workstream, because of the infrastructure alterations. We look forward to an update upon successful testnet & mainnet ramping!