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Okta Agrees to Acquire Permiso Security
The identity company is adding threat detection for human, machine and AI-agent accounts.
Nscale Agrees to Buy Anyscale
The AI cloud provider is adding the software behind Ray to build a broader infrastructure stack.
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Braveheart Bio Targets $1.2 Billion Valuation in IPO
The heart-disease drug developer is seeking up to $318.8 million for clinical trials and research.
Netflix Secures Global Streaming Rights to the Walking Dead Franchise
The reported $500 million agreement covers 371 episodes and expands access beyond the United States beginning in 2027.
Qualcomm Completes Its Acquisition of Modular
The chipmaker is bringing a hardware-neutral AI software platform into its edge-to-cloud strategy.
X Settles Advertising Boycott Lawsuit With Industry Trade Group
The agreement ends a multiyear case against the World Federation of Advertisers after a federal court dismissed X's competition claims.
PayPal Leaves Room for a Higher Bid After Stronger Results
CEO Enrique Lores said the payments company would consider an alternative that creates more shareholder value than its current turnaround plan.
Cyera Plans $1 Billion Acquisition of AI Identity Security Company Oasis
The mostly cash transaction would add controls for non-human accounts and agents to Cyera's broader data-security platform.
eBay and Former Executives Agree to $56 Million Cyberstalking Settlement
The payment resolves a civil case brought by EcommerceBytes writers Ina and David Steiner over a 2019 harassment campaign.
Midjourney Acquires Astrology App Co-Star
The image-generation company is adding a consumer product team as it prepares standalone applications.
Cognition Acquires the Company Behind Poke
The maker of coding agent Devin is adding a proactive assistant built around text messaging.
Elastic Agrees to Acquire Deductive AI
The observability company is adding an AI investigation system for production incidents.
Whatnot Acquires Shaped for Real-Time Shopping Recommendations
The live-commerce marketplace is forming an applied AI research group around Shaped's ranking technology.
Figma Acquires Team Behind AI App Builder Bud
The design platform is bringing agent development and code generation closer to its collaborative canvas.
Adobe Agrees to Acquire Topaz Labs
The creative-software company is adding specialized AI models for image and video enhancement.
Riviera Partners Acquires Lateral Labs
The executive-search firm is adding an AI-focused recruiting team with startup customers.
Superhuman Agrees to Acquire AI Detection Company GPTZero
The productivity platform is adding authenticity tools used by educators, publishers and employers.
DeepL Acquires Mixhalo and Opens Silicon Valley Office
The translation company is combining voice AI with ultra-low-latency audio for events and meetings.
Databricks Agrees to Acquire Security Platform Panther
The data company is adding an AI security-operations center to its expanding lakehouse strategy.
SpaceX Agrees to Buy Cursor Maker Anysphere
Elon Musk's rocket company will pay $60 billion in stock for the AI coding startup, days after its record-setting IPO.
Salesforce Agrees to Buy Fin for $3.6 Billion
The planned acquisition would add a fast-growing customer-service agent to Agentforce.
Meta Begins Unwinding Its $2 Billion Manus Acquisition
The operational separation follows a Chinese order that turned a strategic AI deal into a cross-border test.
SpaceX Completes Record $75 Billion Public Offering
The rocket and satellite company entered Nasdaq trading at a valuation above $1.7 trillion.
Waymo Buys Apple's Former Vehicle Test Site for $220 Million
The 5,458-acre Arizona proving ground was the centerpiece of Apple's abandoned car program. Waymo paid nearly double what Apple did in 2021.
OpenAI Files Confidentially for a U.S. Initial Public Offering
The ChatGPT maker joined Anthropic in a high-stakes race to bring frontier AI companies to public markets.
Anthropic Confidentially Files for U.S. IPO
The Claude developer moved ahead of OpenAI as frontier AI companies prepare for public scrutiny.
Asana Acquires No-Code Agent Builder StackAI
The work-management company is adding cross-system automation for human and AI teams.
Zscaler Plans to Acquire Symmetry Systems
The cybersecurity company is adding an access graph designed to map how AI agents reach data and applications.
Anthropic-Backed Services Venture Acquires Fractional AI
The applied engineering firm will become the operating core of a new enterprise AI implementation company.
Google DeepMind Licenses Contextual AI Technology and Hires Researchers
The $80 million to $90 million arrangement moves more than 20 employees without a formal company purchase.
Anthropic Acquires Developer-Tools Startup Stainless
The deal brings widely used SDK and MCP-server infrastructure inside the Claude platform.
Cerebras Shares Soar in $5.55 Billion Nasdaq Debut
The AI chipmaker nearly doubled its offering price as investors sought another route into compute infrastructure.
Meta Acquires Assured Robot Intelligence
The startup's team will join Meta's effort to develop AI systems for humanoid robots.
Augment Acquires Merlin to Expand Supply Chain AI
The all-equity deal brings wholesale-distribution expertise into Augment's AI operations platform.
Sierra Acquires AI Workflow Startup Fragment
The customer-service agent company is adding a French team that connects AI with business processes.
Caterpillar Acquires Monarch Tractor's Remaining Assets
The exit ends the Bay Area startup's effort to build autonomous electric tractors as a standalone manufacturer.
Sanas Acquires Real-Time Voice Startup Tomato.ai
The speech-technology company is expanding its ability to embed voice transformation into communications systems.
Instacart Acquires Instaleap to Expand Its Enterprise Platform
The grocery technology company gains fulfillment software and retailer relationships across nearly 30 countries.
OpenAI Acquires Personal Finance Startup Hiro
The small acquihire adds financial-planning product experience while Hiro prepares to close its consumer service.
OpenAI Acquires Technology Talk Show TBPN
The unusual media purchase gives OpenAI a daily program with a large audience across technology and finance.
Databricks Acquires SiftD.ai for Its Lakewatch Security Platform
The small team brings large-scale search and detection experience from Splunk into an agentic SIEM.
IBM Completes $11 Billion Confluent Acquisition
The deal gives IBM a major real-time data platform for enterprise AI and hybrid cloud systems.
Apple Acquires Final Cut Pro Specialist MotionVFX
The purchase brings a large catalog of video effects, templates and editing tools inside Apple.
Google Completes $32 Billion Acquisition of Wiz
The cloud-security company will keep its brand and multicloud commitment inside Google Cloud.
Meta Acquires AI-Agent Network Moltbook
The viral forum's founders are joining Meta Superintelligence Labs after a brief and controversial rise.
OpenAI Agrees to Acquire AI Security Platform Promptfoo
The open-source testing company will strengthen security evaluation for enterprise agents in OpenAI Frontier.
Anthropic Acquires Computer-Use Startup Vercept
The Seattle company's team and desktop-agent technology will support Claude's ability to operate software.
Harbinger Acquires Autonomous Driving Company Phantom AI
The commercial vehicle maker gains driver-assistance software and a new licensing relationship with ZF.
Apple Buys Full Rights to Severance
The reported deal moves future production of the hit series inside Apple Studios.
Ouster Acquires StereoLabs for Cash and Stock
The sensor company is combining digital lidar with stereo cameras and perception software for physical AI.
SpaceX Acquires xAI in Record-Setting Combination
The all-stock transaction brings rockets, satellites, social media and artificial intelligence under one company.
