Homegrown coworking company Benjamin’s Desk is in talks to acquire D.C.-based incubator 1776, according to a report in the Washington Business Journal.

Per the terms of the deal as described in the report — which cites several sources with knowledge of the deal — a new, joint company would be created under the name and branding of 1776. 1776-developed communications platform, UNION, would be spun off into a separate company run by 1776 CEO Evan Burfield.

There’s one problem, though: Burfield denies such a deal is happening.

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