Alphabet has spent the past two years technologically decoupling its life sciences unit Verily to enable a sale or spin-off, according to a Google executive.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-03
Alphabet Verily
Google executive: for the past two years, Alphabet has been working to technologically decouple its life sciences unit Verily so that it can be sold or spun off
Bloomberg · 2025-10-03 · #31
Administration officials, including David Sacks, are reported to be frustrated by the delays to the UAE chip deal.
rumored 1 article 2025-10-03
administration officials David Sacks delay in UAE chip deal
Sources: delays in the deal to send Nvidia's AI chips to the UAE, announced in May, are frustrating Jensen Huang and administration officials like David Sacks
Wall Street Journal · 2025-10-03 · #30
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is reportedly frustrated by delays to the UAE chip deal.
rumored 1 article 2025-10-03
Jensen Huang delay in UAE chip deal
Sources: delays in the deal to send Nvidia's AI chips to the UAE, announced in May, are frustrating Jensen Huang and administration officials like David Sacks
Wall Street Journal · 2025-10-03 · #30
Insiders view the $6.6B sale as a sign of staff confidence and strong investor demand.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-03
OpenAI staff confidence investor demand
Source: OpenAI authorized up to $10.3B in shares for sale, but only $6.6B was sold, which insiders see as a sign of staff confidence and strong investor demand
CNBC · 2025-10-03 · #19
Egon Durban and Jared Kushner brokered a $55bn takeover of Electronic Arts.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-02
Egon Durban Jared Kushner Electronic Arts
A profile of Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban, who brokered EA's takeover with Jared Kushner, after the PE firm's high-stakes Endeavor, Altera, and TikTok deals
Financial Times · 2025-10-02 · #8
Private equity firm Silver Lake completed a $55bn takeover of Electronic Arts brokered by co-CEO Egon Durban and Jared Kushner.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-02
Silver Lake Electronic Arts
A profile of Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban, who brokered EA's takeover with Jared Kushner, after the PE firm's high-stakes Endeavor, Altera, and TikTok deals
Financial Times · 2025-10-02 · #8
Gusto acquires Guideline for approximately $600M; Guideline offers 401(k) plans to small and medium businesses.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-02
Gusto Guideline
Source: HR software company Gusto paid ~$600M to acquire Guideline, which offers 401(k) plans to SMBs; Guideline raised $340M and had a $1.15B valuation in 2021
TechCrunch · 2025-10-02 · #22
Silver Lake engaged in a series of high-stakes transactions involving Endeavor, Altera, and TikTok.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-02
Silver Lake Endeavor Altera TikTok
A profile of Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban, who brokered EA's takeover with Jared Kushner, after the PE firm's high-stakes Endeavor, Altera, and TikTok deals
Financial Times · 2025-10-02 · #8
A mother in Jiangsu bought a $1,170 robot dog powered by DeepSeek as an English tutor and home monitor for her 12-year-old.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-02
mother in Jiangsu province robot dog (powered by DeepSeek)
A look at China's push to integrate AI tools into children's lives, even as educators and researchers are skeptical and warn that AI's benefits are overstated
Rest of World · 2025-10-02 · #19
Sources say Yahoo is nearing a deal to sell AOL to Italian app developer Bending Spoons for about $1.4B.
rumored 1 article 2025-10-02
Yahoo AOL Bending Spoons
Sources: Yahoo nears a deal to sell AOL to Italian app developer Bending Spoons for ~$1.4B; AOL.com's traffic has recently grown 20% YoY among users aged 25-54
Reuters · 2025-10-02 · #20
Steven Simoni sold restaurant app Bbot to DoorDash for $125 million.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-02
Steven Simoni Bbot DoorDash
A look at Allen Control Systems, the maker of AI-powered gun turrets for shooting down drones, co-founded by Steven Simoni, who sold Bbot to DoorDash for $125M
Reuters · 2025-10-02 · #13
Silver Lake is reportedly viewing Electronic Arts (EA) as a potential acquisition/investment, seeing a similar setup to its $24B 2013 deal for Dell—i.e., a recognizable brand with predictable cash flows.
rumored 1 article 2025-10-02
Silver Lake Electronic Arts
Silver Lake, whose $24B deal to take Dell private in 2013 became its calling card, sees a similar setup in EA: a recognizable brand with predictable cash flows
Bloomberg · 2025-10-02 · #9
Bending Spoons has been on an acquisition spree.
rumored 1 article 2025-10-02
Bending Spoons
Sources: Yahoo nears a deal to sell AOL to Italian app developer Bending Spoons for ~$1.4B; AOL.com's traffic has recently grown 20% YoY among users aged 25-54
Reuters · 2025-10-02 · #20
These Swedish AI startups illustrate a broader European tech dilemma: whether to sell out to acquirers or pursue growth to become large independent companies.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-01
Lovable Legora Sana
Swedish AI startups Lovable, Legora, and Sana, which is set to be acquired by Workday, highlight a dilemma in European tech: sell out or bet on getting big
Financial Times · 2025-10-01 · #27
Sana is set to be acquired by Workday.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-01
Sana Workday
Swedish AI startups Lovable, Legora, and Sana, which is set to be acquired by Workday, highlight a dilemma in European tech: sell out or bet on getting big
Financial Times · 2025-10-01 · #27
Jared Kushner and Egon Durban brokered a takeover of Electronic Arts (EA) using Kushner's Saudi ties, according to sources.
rumored 1 article 2025-09-30
Jared Kushner Egon Durban Electronic Arts
How Jared Kushner and Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban brokered the EA takeover using Kushner's deep Saudi Arabia ties; sources: Kushner's firm will own ~5% of EA
Financial Times · 2025-09-30 · #9
Jared Kushner leveraged deep ties in Saudi Arabia to help broker the Electronic Arts takeover, per sources.
rumored 1 article 2025-09-30
Jared Kushner Saudi Arabia
How Jared Kushner and Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban brokered the EA takeover using Kushner's deep Saudi Arabia ties; sources: Kushner's firm will own ~5% of EA
Financial Times · 2025-09-30 · #9
Kushner's firm will own approximately 5% of Electronic Arts, according to sources.
rumored 1 article 2025-09-30
Kushner's firm Electronic Arts
How Jared Kushner and Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban brokered the EA takeover using Kushner's deep Saudi Arabia ties; sources: Kushner's firm will own ~5% of EA
Financial Times · 2025-09-30 · #9
Vercel is considering a roughly $300M tender offer.
rumored 1 article 2025-09-30
Vercel
Vercel, which offers cloud tools to make web and AI apps, raised $300M led by Accel and Singapore's GIC at a $9.3B valuation and considers a ~$300M tender offer
Bloomberg · 2025-09-30 · #28
Jensen Huang is leveraging his newfound star power since 2024 to strike business deals in Europe, the Middle East, Japan and other regions.
confirmed 1 article 2025-09-30
Jensen Huang Europe Middle East Japan other regions
How Jensen Huang, who engaged little in politics until 2024, is using his newfound star power to strike deals in Europe, the Middle East, Japan, and elsewhere
Financial Times · 2025-09-30 · #39
Some executives and national decision-makers increasingly feel critically dependent not just on Nvidia but almost on Jensen Huang personally when negotiating major national deals.
confirmed 1 article 2025-09-30
Executives national decision-makers Nvidia Jensen Huang
How Jensen Huang, who engaged little in politics until 2024, is using his newfound star power to strike deals in Europe, the Middle East, Japan, and elsewhere
Financial Times · 2025-09-30 · #39
CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator says the company signed a deal to supply Meta with up to $14.2 billion of computing power, including access to Nvidia GB300 chips.
confirmed 1 article 2025-09-30
CoreWeave Michael Intrator Meta up to $14.2B of computing power Nvidia GB300 chips
CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator says the company signed a deal to supply Meta with up to $14.2B worth of computing power, including access to Nvidia GB300 chips
Bloomberg · 2025-09-30 · #24
Beats is owned by Apple Inc.
confirmed 1 article 2025-09-30
Beats Apple Inc.
Apple-owned Beats announces the $200 Powerbeats Fit, with a redesigned wingtip, IPX4 rating for the case, ANC, and Apple's H1 chip, available October 2
Bloomberg · 2025-09-30 · #23
There are concerns that the Vice President acted as a corporate dealmaker in the forced spin-off of a private company.
rumored 1 article 2025-09-29
Vice President forced spin-off of a private company
How JD Vance played a key role in the TikTok US deal, amid concerns about the VP acting as a corporate dealmaker in the forced spin-off of a private company
Washington Post · 2025-09-29 · #34
JD Vance played a key role in the TikTok US deal.
confirmed 1 article 2025-09-29
JD Vance TikTok US deal
How JD Vance played a key role in the TikTok US deal, amid concerns about the VP acting as a corporate dealmaker in the forced spin-off of a private company
Washington Post · 2025-09-29 · #34
Sunshine will sell its assets to Dazzle, a new company founded by Marissa Mayer.
confirmed 1 article 2025-09-29
Sunshine Dazzle
Marissa Mayer is dissolving AI startup Sunshine, founded in 2018, and sells its assets to her new company Dazzle, which sources say is making an AI assistant
Wired · 2025-09-29 · #6
Electronic Arts agrees to be sold to a group of private investors in a $55B leveraged buyout, the largest LBO on record.
confirmed 1 article 2025-09-29
Electronic Arts group of private investors
EA's $55B sale is the largest leveraged buyout on record and represents a 25% premium on its October 26 close, as the $178B video game industry's growth slows
Bloomberg · 2025-09-29 · #2
EA agrees to be acquired by Saudi Arabia's PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity for $210 per share, taking the company private at an approximately $55 billion valuation; deal expected to close in Q1 FY2027.
confirmed 1 article 2025-09-29
EA Saudi Arabia's PIF Silver Lake Affinity
EA agrees to be acquired by Saudi Arabia's PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity for $210 per share, taking it private at a ~$55B valuation, set to close in Q1 FY 2027
Electronic Arts · 2025-09-29 · #1
Work on Replicator is being shifted to a new organization called DAWG to accelerate plans to acquire thousands of drones.
confirmed 1 article 2025-09-28
U.S. Department of Defense DAWG Replicator program thousands of drones
A look at the setbacks facing the US DOD's Replicator program that seeks to quickly produce low-cost drones and other autonomous weapons to counter China
Wall Street Journal · 2025-09-28 · #21
The Pentagon has struggled to find software capable of controlling large numbers of drones from different companies working in coordination, a key obstacle to the Replicator vision.
confirmed 1 article 2025-09-28
Pentagon multi-vendor drone coordination software
A look at the setbacks facing the US DOD's Replicator program that seeks to quickly produce low-cost drones and other autonomous weapons to counter China
Wall Street Journal · 2025-09-28 · #21