Topic: company acquisition
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SpaceX Buys xAI, Plans Satellite Constellation to Power It
SpaceX has acquired AI firm xAI to create a vertically integrated technology company, combining space infrastructure with AI development to build an ambitious orbital network. The merger aims to position the combined entity as a major competitor to established AI leaders, leveraging SpaceX's laun...
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SpaceX Buys xAI, Plans Million-Satellite Constellation for AI
SpaceX has acquired AI firm xAI, merging Elon Musk's ventures to create a vertically-integrated company combining space technology with advanced AI research. The merger aims to deploy a massive constellation of up to one million orbital data centers using SpaceX's launch capabilities to power xAI...
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Snowflake to Acquire Observability Platform Observe
Snowflake is acquiring Observe to integrate its observability platform, aiming to provide a unified solution for collecting and analyzing telemetry data to improve issue resolution. The deal, valued at around $1 billion, represents Snowflake's largest acquisition and deepens a long-standing partn...
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Semify Acquires Dragon Metrics to Boost Global SEO & AI Reporting
Semify's acquisition of Dragon Metrics consolidates digital marketing tech, merging Semify's white-label platform with Dragon Metrics' global SEO data and AI analytics for a stronger international toolkit. The deal combines complementary strengths: Semify's U.S.-based white-label services and Dra...
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Tekpon Acquires The Next Web Brand from Financial Times
Tekpon has acquired The Next Web (TNW) brand and its media/events operations from the Financial Times, marking its largest expansion into this sector to strengthen its influence in SaaS and AI. The Financial Times will retain ownership of TNW Spaces in Amsterdam, while TNW's brand identity, edito...
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Maxus Coral Acquires E-City Retail Chain in Strategic Move
Maxus Coral, a UAE-based omnichannel technology distributor, has acquired the E-City retail chain from Albatha Retail & Home Products as part of its strategic expansion. E-City is a multi-brand electronics retailer offering over 100 leading brands in categories such as consumer electronics, compu...
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Insight Acquires Sekuro to Boost APAC Cybersecurity
Insight Enterprises has acquired Sekuro to enhance its cybersecurity services across the Asia-Pacific region, strengthening protection for enterprise and government clients against advanced cyber threats. The integration combines Sekuro's specialized certifications and IRAP assessments with Insig...
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Dataminr Acquires ThreatConnect for $290M to Boost AI Cyber Defense
Dataminr has acquired ThreatConnect for $290 million to merge their technologies into a unified, AI-driven defense platform that provides real-time, personalized insights for clients. The integration will combine Dataminr's public data analysis with ThreatConnect's internal intelligence managemen...
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LevelBlue Acquires Cybereason to Boost Global Security Services
LevelBlue has acquired Cybereason to enhance its global cybersecurity services by combining advanced MDR solutions with Cybereason's XDR platform, threat intelligence, and DFIR capabilities. The acquisition introduces new investors like SoftBank and Liberty Strategic Capital, with former U.S. Tre...
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Minute Media Buys VideoVerse to Power Sports Video with AI
Minute Media has acquired VideoVerse, integrating its AI-driven Magnifi platform to offer a comprehensive solution for sports content creation, distribution, and monetization. The Magnifi technology uses AI, computer vision, and machine learning to automatically identify key sports moments and ge...
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Data Dynamo: Elon Musk's xAI Acquires Social Platform X for $45 Billion
▼ Summary - xAI has acquired the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in an all-stock deal valuing X at $33 billion ($45 billion including debt) and xAI at $80…
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Veeam Buys Securiti AI in $1.7 Billion Data Security Deal
Veeam has acquired Securiti AI for $1.725 billion to enhance data management and protection, integrating its technology into Veeam's data resilience solutions by early December. The acquisition aligns with Veeam's strategy to expand its capabilities in data security and AI readiness, following a ...
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MrBeast's Company Acquires Gen Z Fintech App Step
YouTube creator MrBeast, through Beast Industries, has acquired the teen-focused banking app Step, merging his entertainment influence with financial tools for young adults. The acquisition aligns with MrBeast's personal mission to provide financial education he lacked and expands his business em...
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Tech Giants Back Terradot in Carbon Removal Acquisition
Terradot, a tech-backed startup, is acquiring competitor Eion, driven by investor preference for firms capable of executing large-scale carbon removal contracts. Both companies use enhanced rock weathering, a technique that removes CO₂ by applying crushed minerals to farmland, but its scalability...
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SpaceX Acquires xAI to Build Space Data Centers
SpaceX has acquired xAI, creating the world's most valuable private firm with a $1.25 trillion valuation and a strategic focus on developing space-based data centers to address the energy demands of AI. The merger combines two financially pressured ventures, with xAI reportedly spending $1 billio...
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Capital One Buys Brex at a Discount, Early Investors Reap Rewards
Capital One acquired fintech platform Brex for $5.15 billion, a significant discount from its peak $12.3 billion valuation, delivering a major financial victory for its earliest venture capital investors. The deal highlights a competitive divergence, as rival Ramp achieved a much higher valuation...
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Grubhub Parent Company Buys Restaurant Rewards Startup Claim
Wonder, Grubhub's parent company, has acquired the restaurant rewards startup Claim to integrate cash-back incentives into its dining ecosystem, enhancing tools for restaurants and savings for customers. The acquisition provides Grubhub's extensive restaurant network with advanced customer acquis...
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CD Projekt Co-Founder Acquires GOG From Steam
CD Projekt has sold its GOG storefront for approximately $25 million to co-founder Michał Kiciński, allowing the studio to focus entirely on its game development pipeline. GOG, known for its DRM-free philosophy and curated catalog, will maintain its core features, including customer libraries and...
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Cowboy Brand Acquired by New Owner
Cowboy, a Belgian e-bike manufacturer, has been acquired by ReBirth Group Holding, securing its future with new funding to restart production and address a significant order and spare parts backlog. The company faced severe financial strain in 2025, including a damaging frame recall that nearly l...
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Anthropic Acquires Bun as Claude Code Hits $1B Milestone
Claude Code, an AI-powered software development platform, has achieved a $1 billion revenue run-rate and is being enhanced by Anthropic's acquisition of the high-performance JavaScript runtime, Bun. The acquisition will directly improve Claude Code with faster performance, greater stability, and ...
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Bending Spoons: The Company That Acquired Eventbrite
Bending Spoons, a Milan-based tech conglomerate, has acquired Eventbrite for $500 million, adding it to a portfolio of well-known digital brands like Evernote and WeTransfer. The company's strategy involves acquiring stagnant digital products and actively overhauling them through controversial ch...
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TuneIn Acquired for $175 Million in Major Streaming Deal
Stingray Group acquired TuneIn for $175 million to expand its global presence, leveraging TuneIn's integration across over 200 platforms and devices in more than 100 countries. TuneIn, founded in 2002, differentiated itself by offering live radio content like music, news, and sports, but faced ch...
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Kaltura Buys eSelf, Snap AI Founder's Startup, for $27M
Kaltura has acquired eSelf.ai for approximately $27 million to integrate advanced conversational avatar technology, enhancing real-time user interaction with photorealistic digital humans across over thirty languages. The acquisition brings eSelf's expertise in speech-to-video generation and low-...
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Figma's New AI App Combines Multiple Models & Tools
Figma has acquired Weavy to integrate advanced AI capabilities into its design environment, launching the new Figma Weave platform that combines AI models and editing tools in a unified workspace for more efficient digital content creation. The platform uses a node-based system that enables intri...
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Insight to Acquire Cybersecurity Firm Sekuro
Insight Enterprises' Australian subsidiary is acquiring Sekuro to strengthen its cybersecurity offerings in the Asia Pacific region, addressing the increasing cyber threats faced by enterprises and governments. Sekuro provides comprehensive services including managed security, governance, and com...
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Ex-Lidar CEO Launches Bid to Reclaim His Company
Austin Russell, Luminar's founder and former CEO, is attempting to regain control of the company by purchasing all outstanding Class A Common Stock through his new entity, Russell AI Labs. The proposal involves taking Luminar private under Russell AI Labs while maintaining its public listing and ...
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Arinco Boosts Consulting Power with D6 Integration
Arinco has integrated D6 Consulting to form a new AI Transformation practice, combining business consulting with technical expertise and expanding their workforce to around 220 professionals. The merger enhances Arinco's service portfolio, offering clients unified support from strategy to impleme...
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Gusto Acquires Guideline for $600M, Will Divest Rival Customers
Gusto has acquired Guideline for approximately $600 million, integrating its 401(k) services for small and medium businesses into Gusto's platform to expand its HR and payroll offerings. Guideline, founded by TaskRabbit co-founder Kevin Busque, simplifies retirement plan administration with a fix...
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DevOps1 Acquires Innablr to Challenge Cloud Giants
DevOps1 has acquired cloud engineering firm Innablr to create a strong Australian competitor to global system integrators, addressing a shortage of local challengers in the technology services market. The merger increases DevOps1's workforce to 130 with plans to double it in two years, combining ...
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Perplexity Acquires AI Design Startup Visual Electric's Team
Perplexity has acquired the team from AI design startup Visual Electric to form a new Agent Experiences group, enhancing its AI capabilities and expanding product development. The acquisition, led by CEO Aravind Srinivas, will focus on creating innovative consumer product experiences for Perplexi...
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Cowboy E-bikes in Acquisition Talks
Cowboy, an electric bike maker, is in advanced acquisition talks with ReBirth Group, which recently provided it with financial support to avoid bankruptcy. The company gained recognition for its smart, connected e-bikes featuring app-controlled locks and location tracking, raising over €100 milli...
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D-ID Acquires Simpleshow to Expand AI Video Capabilities
D-ID has acquired Simpleshow to enhance its AI video solutions and expand its market presence, particularly in enterprise avatar videos. The acquisition integrates Simpleshow's 1,500+ enterprise clients, including major names like Microsoft and Adobe, boosting D-ID's revenue and growth potential....
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SentinelOne Acquires Observo AI to Boost SIEM and Security Ops
SentinelOne is acquiring Observo AI to enhance its AI SIEM and data offerings, aiming to create a more open, intelligent, and autonomous security operations framework. The acquisition addresses challenges of high data volumes and costs by integrating Observo's AI-native, real-time telemetry pipel...
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Minute Media Acquires Indian AI Startup for Automated Sports Highlights
Minute Media, backed by BlackRock and Goldman Sachs, has acquired Indian AI startup VideoVerse to enhance automated sports highlights generation across its portfolio, including Sports Illustrated and The Players’ Tribune. VideoVerse, valued between $200–250 million, specializes in AI tools for sp...
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Atlassian Acquires The Browser Company for $610M
Atlassian acquires The Browser Company for $610 million in an all-cash deal to develop specialized, AI-enhanced browsers for professional productivity. The acquisition will focus on advancing the Dia browser project, with The Browser Company retaining operational independence while accelerating h...
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NCsoft Acquires Majority Stake in Singapore Mobile Publisher Indygo
NCsoft has acquired a controlling 67% stake in Singapore's Indygo Group for $103.8 million, gaining full ownership of its Vietnamese casual game developer Lihuhu as part of a strategic expansion into the global casual gaming market. The company is aggressively pursuing further acquisitions, inclu...
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Netflix Acquires Avatar Company to Expand Into Party Games
Netflix is acquiring avatar technology company Ready Player Me to integrate cross-platform avatars into its games, aiming to create a more connected and personalized gaming ecosystem. The acquisition will phase out Ready Player Me's standalone developer services by early 2026, with the team and t...
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Zscaler Buys SPLX to Secure AI Investments
Zscaler has acquired SPLX to enhance its Zero Trust Exchange platform with advanced AI security capabilities, including asset discovery, automated red teaming, and governance tools. The integration addresses the urgent need to secure the entire AI lifecycle, protecting sensitive data like prompts...
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Grammarly Rebrands as Superhuman, Launches AI Assistant
Grammarly has rebranded its corporate entity to Superhuman after acquiring the email client, signaling a shift from a writing assistant to a comprehensive productivity platform. The new Superhuman Go AI assistant integrates with Grammarly's browser extension and apps like Gmail and Google Drive, ...
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Craig Bates: Splunk + Cisco, AI, and the Future of Observability
Craig Bates emphasizes Splunk's role as a mission-critical data platform, where visibility through machine data is essential for security, observability, and enterprise transformation. The integration with Cisco enhances Splunk's capabilities by combining network data with analytics, enabling AI-...
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Prezent Secures $30M to Acquire AI Services Firms, Starting with Founder's Other Company
Prezent has raised $30 million to pursue acquisitions, starting with Prezentium, enhancing its enterprise AI presentation platform and expanding its client base in the life sciences sector. The company differentiates itself by focusing on large corporate clients and embedding presentation enginee...
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OpenAI Acquires Statsig for $1.1B in Major Executive Reshuffle
OpenAI has acquired Statsig for $1.1 billion to enhance its product development and analytics capabilities, integrating A/B testing expertise and appointing Vijaye Raji as CTO of Applications. The company is restructuring its leadership, promoting Srinivas Narayanan to CTO of B2B Applications and...
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TiVo Won the Legal War But Lost the Streaming Battle
TiVo popularized the DVR and introduced now-standard features like pausing live TV, though it didn't invent the technology, and its innovations were protected by the Time Warp patent. The company aggressively defended its patents through successful lawsuits against major industry players, generat...
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Dino Patti on Multiplayer, Stop Killing Games, and Legal Battles with Playdead
Dino Patti, co-founder of Playdead, has spent seven years building Coherence, a tool designed to make online multiplayer development accessible to studios of all sizes, recently launching version 2.0 and being acquired by Roundtable Interactive Group. Coherence's technology allows developers to e...
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iRobot Files for Bankruptcy: What's Next for the Roomba Maker?
iRobot, the maker of Roomba, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to be acquired by its contract manufacturer, Picea Robotics, to secure its future. The company's market dominance eroded due to intense competition from rivals like Ecovacs and Roborock, and the collapse of a planned acqui...
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Arduino's New Terms of Service Spark Hobbyist Concerns Before Qualcomm Deal
Arduino's updated terms of service have sparked community concern, particularly around restrictions on reverse-engineering and new AI monitoring provisions as the company faces acquisition by Qualcomm. The company clarified that open source hardware and software remain unaffected, with restrictio...
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Warner Music Partners with AI Startup Suno in Landmark Deal
Warner Music Group has partnered with AI startup Suno to resolve copyright disputes and establish new standards for artist compensation and control in AI-generated music, including launching licensed AI music models next year. The agreement ensures Warner Music artists retain full control over th...
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Zombies, Run! Lives On: The App Isn't Going Anywhere
The fitness app Zombies, Run! has been saved from closure after its original co-creator, Naomi Alderman, purchased the franchise, securing its continued operation and unique audio-driven exercise experience. The app, which launched in 2012 and gained a global community of 10 million users, faced ...
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Dia's AI Browser Integrates Arc's Top Features
Dia is a new AI-powered browser that combines popular features from its predecessor Arc, such as the sidebar mode, with advanced AI capabilities, following its acquisition by Atlassian for $610 million. Arc, launched in 2023, introduced innovative features like separate workspaces and a Command B...
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Corporate Espionage Hits Top 401(k) Startups in New Allegations
A federal lawsuit accuses three brothers of corporate espionage, alleging they stole confidential data from Human Interest to benefit competitor Guideline as part of a coordinated scheme called the "Sterri Takeover." The case escalated with claims that Guideline's CFO pressured Human Interest to ...
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