The American Economic Liberties Project (“AELP”) submits this comment in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC” or “the Commission”) request for comments regarding the Consent Agreement (the “Consent Agreement”) proposed by the Commission to avoid filing a lawsuit to challenge an anticompetitive $35 billion merger between Synopsys, Inc. (“Synopsys”) and ANSYS, Inc. (“Ansys”) (collectively, “Respondents”). Accompanying the Consent Agreement is a statement issued by Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson, joined by Commissioners Melissa Holyoak and Mark R. Meador.