Mastercard agrees to acquire threat intelligence firm Recorded Future from private equity firm Insight Partners for $2.65 billion; Recorded Future uses AI-based analytics to identify potential threats.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-12
Mastercard Recorded Future Insight Partners
Mastercard agrees to acquire Recorded Future, which uses AI-based analytics to identify potential threats, from private equity firm Insight Partners for $2.65B
Reuters · 2024-09-12 · #4
Altera's CEO denies a report that Intel plans to outright sell Altera.
denied 1 article 2024-09-12
Altera's CEO Intel Altera
Altera's CEO denies a report that Intel plans to outright sell Altera, saying the plan to sell a stake in Altera and push for an IPO by 2026 “has not changed”
CRN · 2024-09-12 · #33
MariaDB says it has been acquired by private equity firm K1 Investment Management.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-11
MariaDB K1 Investment Management
MariaDB, which went public via SPAC in December 2022, says it's been acquired by PE firm K1 and names a new CEO, after filing to delist its shares from the NYSE
TechCrunch · 2024-09-11 · #7
Google plans to purchase carbon removal credits from direct air capture provider Holocene at $100 per ton for delivery by the early 2030s, a price far below current market levels.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-11
Google Holocene carbon removal credits
Google plans to buy carbon removal credits from direct air capture provider Holocene for $100 per ton, far below current prices, for delivery by the early 2030s
The Verge · 2024-09-11 · #25
Elon Musk completed the acquisition of Twitter in October 2022 in a transaction valued at roughly $44 billion.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-10
Elon Musk Twitter
An excerpt from the book “Character Limit” on Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition and how his inner circle employed hardball tactics in a touch-and-go transaction
Vanity Fair · 2024-09-10 · #11
Reporters quoted that some of Musk's first words after closing the deal were 'Fuck Zuck!', directed at Mark Zuckerberg.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-10
Elon Musk Fuck Zuck! Mark Zuckerberg
An excerpt from the book “Character Limit” on Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition and how his inner circle employed hardball tactics in a touch-and-go transaction
Vanity Fair · 2024-09-10 · #11
Mike Krieger sold the news app Artifact.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-10
Mike Krieger Artifact
Q&A with Mike Krieger on his new role as chief product officer at Anthropic, co-founding and selling news app Artifact, copyright issues, AI safety, and more
The Verge · 2024-09-10 · #30
An excerpt from Character Limit reports that Musk's inner circle employed hardball tactics during the uncertain Twitter acquisition.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-10
Elon Musk's inner circle Twitter acquisition transaction
An excerpt from the book “Character Limit” on Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition and how his inner circle employed hardball tactics in a touch-and-go transaction
Vanity Fair · 2024-09-10 · #11
Kate Conger and Ryan Mac authored the book Character Limit and published an excerpt detailing Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-10
Kate Conger Ryan Mac Character Limit
An excerpt from the book “Character Limit” on Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition and how his inner circle employed hardball tactics in a touch-and-go transaction
Vanity Fair · 2024-09-10 · #11
Bending Spoons acquired file-sharing service WeTransfer in July 2024.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-09
Bending Spoons WeTransfer
Bending Spoons plans to lay off 75% of WeTransfer staff after acquiring the file-sharing service in July 2024; WeTransfer reportedly has 350+ employees
TechCrunch · 2024-09-09 · #3
Bending Spoons owns Evernote and Meetup.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-09
Bending Spoons Evernote Meetup
Bending Spoons plans to lay off 75% of WeTransfer staff after acquiring the file-sharing service in July 2024; WeTransfer reportedly has 350+ employees
TechCrunch · 2024-09-09 · #3
Progress agrees to acquire Raleigh-based file management platform ShareFile for $875 million in cash and credit.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-09
Progress ShareFile
Automation and IT monitoring company Progress agrees to acquire Raleigh-based file management platform ShareFile for $875M in cash and credit
TechCrunch · 2024-09-09 · #4
Iconiq Capital is focusing on mergers and acquisitions as part of its investment strategy, according to an interview with Matthew Jacobson.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-09
Iconiq Capital
An interview with Iconiq Capital's Matthew Jacobson on the firm's focus on M&A and secondary markets, investing in startups creating AI “applications”, and more
Financial Times · 2024-09-09 · #7
TPG is reportedly in talks to buy a stake in Vinted, Europe's largest secondhand fashion site, at a €5B valuation.
rumored 1 article 2024-09-07
TPG Vinted
Sources: US private equity group TPG is in talks to buy a stake in Europe's largest secondhand fashion site Vinted at a €5B valuation
Financial Times · 2024-09-07 · #22
Sources say Apple and Tencent are in talks over revenue-sharing for IAPs and discussing blocking links to external payment services in WeChat mini-games.
rumored 1 article 2024-09-06
Apple Tencent WeChat mini-games external payment services links
Sources: Apple approves a WeChat update for iOS, as revenue-sharing IAP talks continue with Tencent to block links to external payment services in mini games
Bloomberg · 2024-09-06 · #17
An FCC filing indicates Larry Ellison will own a 77.5% stake in National Amusements, the parent company of Paramount Global, contingent on completion of the Skydance-Paramount deal.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-06
Larry Ellison National Amusements
FCC filing: Larry Ellison will own 77.5% of Paramount Global parent company National Amusements after his son David completes Skydance's Paramount acquisition
Bloomberg · 2024-09-06 · #33
Salesforce agrees to acquire Own Company, a provider of data management and protection services, for approximately $1.9B in cash.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-06
Salesforce Own Company
Salesforce agrees to acquire Own Company, which provides data management and protection services, for ~$1.9B in cash; Own was valued at $3.35B as of August 2021
TechCrunch · 2024-09-06 · #27
The filing states David Ellison will complete Skydance's acquisition of Paramount Global (Paramount), enabling the described ownership arrangement.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-06
Skydance David Ellison Paramount Global
FCC filing: Larry Ellison will own 77.5% of Paramount Global parent company National Amusements after his son David completes Skydance's Paramount acquisition
Bloomberg · 2024-09-06 · #33
Qualcomm has explored acquiring portions of Intel's design business, particularly Intel's client PC design unit, as Intel struggles to generate cash.
rumored 1 article 2024-09-06
Qualcomm Intel design business Intel client PC design business
Sources: Qualcomm has explored acquiring portions of Intel's design business, especially Intel's client PC design business, as Intel struggles to generate cash
Reuters · 2024-09-06 · #5
Pango Group acquires all of Kaspersky's US customers, approximately 1 million users.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-05
Pango Group Kaspersky's US customers
Cybersecurity company Pango Group acquires all of Kaspersky's US customers, or ~1M users, after the Commerce Department banned Kaspersky's software in the US
Axios · 2024-09-05 · #12
Verizon agrees to acquire rival fiber operator Frontier Communications for an enterprise value of $20 billion including debt to expand high-speed internet.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-05
Verizon Frontier Communications $20 billion enterprise value (including debt)
Verizon agrees to acquire rival telecom operator Frontier Communications for an enterprise value of $20B including debt; Frontier reported $5.8B in 2023 revenue
Bloomberg · 2024-09-05 · #10
The external process nodes for Arrow Lake processors are likely to come from TSMC.
rumored 1 article 2024-09-05
Intel TSMC Arrow Lake processors
Intel cancels plans to use its Intel 20A process node for its consumer Arrow Lake processors and instead plans to use external nodes, likely from TSMC
Tom's Hardware · 2024-09-05 · #5
Blackstone agrees to acquire Australian data center operator AirTrunk in a deal valuing the company at around $16.1 billion.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-04
Blackstone AirTrunk
Blackstone agrees to acquire Australian data center operator AirTrunk in a deal valuing the company at around $16.1B
Bloomberg · 2024-09-04 · #39
Palo Alto Networks completed a $500M purchase of IBM's QRadar cloud security software assets.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-04
Palo Alto Networks IBM QRadar cloud security software assets
Palo Alto Networks says it closed a $500M deal to buy IBM's QRadar cloud security software assets, and plans to migrate customers to Palo Alto's Cortex XSIAM
Bloomberg · 2024-09-04 · #36
Lyft files plans to sell some of its bike and scooter business as it seeks to become profitable.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-04
Lyft bike and scooter business
Filing: Lyft plans to sell some of its bike and scooter business and cut 1% of staff as it struggles to turn profitable; Lyft ended 2023 with nearly 3,000 staff
Bloomberg · 2024-09-04 · #33
These dating apps are using AI 'wingmen' (chatbots/tools) as a growth strategy to attract and retain new users.
confirmed 1 article 2024-09-02
Tinder Hinge Bumble Grindr AI chatbots
Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, and Grindr are building or testing AI tools and chatbots to generate icebreakers, coach users, and more, in a bid to attract new users
Financial Times · 2024-09-02 · #24
Amazon signs a non-exclusive license to Covariant's robotic foundation models.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-31 — 2024-09-01
Amazon Covariant robotic foundation models
Amazon hires the founders of industrial robot maker Covariant and ~25% of its staff, and signs a non-exclusive license to Covariant's robotic foundation models
GeekWire · 2024-08-31 · #6
Coatue was reportedly considering selling a portion of its stake in ByteDance.
rumored 1 article 2024-09-01
Coatue ByteDance stake
Coatue founder Philippe Laffont has left the board of ByteDance following a report that Coatue was considering selling a portion of its ByteDance stake
The Information · 2024-09-01 · #19
Publisher Future plans to keep AnandTech's website and articles live indefinitely.
confirmed 1 article 2024-08-30
Future AnandTech website AnandTech articles
AnandTech shuts down after covering PC and mobile hardware for over 27 years; publisher Future plans to keep AnandTech's website and articles live indefinitely
AnandTech · 2024-08-30 · #2
Automattic plans to migrate Tumblr's backend to WordPress to make cross-platform sharing easier; Automattic acquired Tumblr for $3M in August 2019.
confirmed 1 article 2024-08-29
Automattic Tumblr WordPress
Automattic plans to shift Tumblr's backend to WordPress in a bid to make sharing work across the platforms easier, after acquiring Tumblr for $3M in August 2019
TechCrunch · 2024-08-29 · #6