A fund established by Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith and Accel partner Ryan Sweeney purchased a stake in 1Password as part of the secondary sale.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-12
Ryan Smith Ryan Sweeney purchased stake in 1Password via newly established fund (Flume Ventures)
1Password founders sold a $75M stake as part of a $100M secondary sale, valuing the company at $6.8B, the same valuation as its $620M Series C in January 2022
Bloomberg · 2025-10-12 · #10
ICE is the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-12
ICE NYSE
A profile of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, whose estimated 11% stake is now worth $1B+ following ICE's $2B investment, as its rivalry with Kalshi intensifies
Forbes · 2025-10-12 · #13
AMD SVP of AI Vamsi Boppana says AMD's AI software, designed with input from OpenAI, helped secure the multi-billion dollar deal with OpenAI.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-12
AMD Vamsi Boppana OpenAI AI software
AMD's SVP of AI Vamsi Boppana says the company's AI software, designed with input from OpenAI, helped secure the multi-billion dollar deal with OpenAI
Forbes · 2025-10-12 · #19
Prosus invests about $146 million to acquire a 10.1% stake in Indian travel app ixigo.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-11
Prosus ixigo
Prosus invests ~$146M in Indian travel app ixigo for a 10.1% stake; sources say Prosus plans to buy more shares from other investors to raise its stake to 15%
Moneycontrol · 2025-10-11 · #13
Prompt AI was reportedly approached by other potential suitors, including xAI and Neuralink, expressing acquisition interest.
rumored 1 article 2025-10-11
xAI Neuralink Prompt AI
Leaked audio: Apple nears a deal to acquihire computer vision startup Prompt AI; it was approached by other potential suitors, including xAI and Neuralink
CNBC · 2025-10-11 · #27
Elevation Capital is reported to sell about a 2% stake in ixigo to Prosus.
rumored 1 article 2025-10-11
Prosus Elevation Capital ixigo
Prosus invests ~$146M in Indian travel app ixigo for a 10.1% stake; sources say Prosus plans to buy more shares from other investors to raise its stake to 15%
Moneycontrol · 2025-10-11 · #13
Leaked audio suggests Apple is nearing a deal to acquihire computer vision startup Prompt AI.
rumored 1 article 2025-10-11
Apple Prompt AI
Leaked audio: Apple nears a deal to acquihire computer vision startup Prompt AI; it was approached by other potential suitors, including xAI and Neuralink
CNBC · 2025-10-11 · #27
Stripe struck a $1.1B deal to acquire stablecoin startup Bridge nearly one year earlier.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-10
Stripe Bridge
Sources: Coinbase and Mastercard have each held talks to acquire stablecoin startup BVNK for $1.5B-$2.5B; a deal would be the largest stablecoin acquisition yet
Fortune · 2025-10-10 · #10
Singapore-based Megaspeed purchased nearly $2 billion worth of Nvidia technology.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-10
Megaspeed Nvidia technology
A look at Singapore-based Megaspeed, which bought nearly $2B of Nvidia tech and is under US investigation over if it helped Chinese companies evade export curbs
New York Times · 2025-10-10 · #13
Campus acquires Sizzle AI, bringing Jerome Pesenti and the Sizzle AI team into Campus.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-10
Campus Sizzle AI
Campus, which is building an online alternative to community colleges, hires Meta's ex-VP of AI Jerome Pesenti as its CTO, and acquires his company Sizzle AI
CNBC · 2025-10-10 · #14
Sources report Coinbase and Mastercard have each held talks to acquire stablecoin startup BVNK for $1.5B–$2.5B; such a deal would be the largest stablecoin acquisition to date.
rumored 1 article 2025-10-10
Coinbase Mastercard BVNK
Sources: Coinbase and Mastercard have each held talks to acquire stablecoin startup BVNK for $1.5B-$2.5B; a deal would be the largest stablecoin acquisition yet
Fortune · 2025-10-10 · #10
EA is set to be taken private in a $55 billion deal.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-10
EA
EA's Battlefield 6, coming October 10, is a pivotal moment for the series and for EA, set to go private in a $55B deal, as EA competes with Activision and COD
The Verge · 2025-10-10 · #32
SoftBank Group Corp. is the owner of PayPay.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-09
SoftBank Group Corp. PayPay
SoftBank-owned PayPay takes a 40% stake in Binance Japan for an undisclosed sum, to capitalize on Japan's crypto boom; PayPay filed for a US IPO in August
Bloomberg · 2025-10-09 · #27
PayPay acquires a 40% equity stake in Binance Japan for an undisclosed sum to capitalize on Japan's booming crypto market.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-09
PayPay Binance Japan
SoftBank-owned PayPay takes a 40% stake in Binance Japan for an undisclosed sum, to capitalize on Japan's crypto boom; PayPay filed for a US IPO in August
Bloomberg · 2025-10-09 · #27
SoftBank Group agrees to acquire ABB's robotics business for $5.4 billion; the unit generated $2.3B in sales in 2024 and ABB expects the deal to close in mid-to-late 2026.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-08
SoftBank Group ABB robotics business
SoftBank Group agrees to acquire ABB's robotics business, which generated $2.3B in sales in 2024, for $5.4B; ABB expects the deal to close in mid-to-late 2026
Reuters · 2025-10-08 · #22
Sam Altman participates in a Stratechery Q&A discussing OpenAI's unifying vision, infrastructure deals, the investor mindset, ChatGPT apps, Instant Checkout, Sora, copyright, feedback, and more.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-08
Sam Altman OpenAI unifying vision infrastructure deals investor mindset ChatGPT apps Instant Checkout Sora copyright feedback
Q&A with Sam Altman on OpenAI's unifying vision, infrastructure deals, the investor mindset, ChatGPT apps, Instant Checkout, Sora, copyright, feedback, and more
Stratechery · 2025-10-08 · #9
De Beers owns Element Six.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-08
De Beers Element Six
Researchers are developing ways to use synthetic diamonds to cool AI data center chips; De Beers-owned Element Six has long made diamonds for satellite chips
New York Times · 2025-10-08 · #18
Qualtrics agrees to acquire Press Ganey Forsta, a provider of patient and doctor feedback survey services for health care companies, for $6.75 billion including debt.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-07
Qualtrics Press Ganey Forsta
Qualtrics agrees to acquire Press Ganey Forsta, which helps health care companies compile patient and doctor feedback in surveys, for $6.75B including debt
Financial Times · 2025-10-07 · #28
Sources say Partners Group is seeking as much as \u20ac4bn from a sale of Nordic data-centre operator atNorth.
rumored 1 article 2025-10-06
Partners Group atNorth (Nordic data-centre operator)
Sources: private capital firms like Oaktree, EQT, and DWS are seeking to cash in on the US-driven AI boom, launching €17B of European data center sales in weeks
Financial Times · 2025-10-06 · #8
xAI plans to spend over $18 billion to acquire roughly 300,000 additional Nvidia chips for its Colossus 2 project in Memphis.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-06
xAI Nvidia chips
Source: xAI is set to spend $18B+ to acquire ~300K more Nvidia chips for its Colossus 2 project in Memphis; in July, Elon Musk said it would total 550K chips
Wall Street Journal · 2025-10-06 · #3
Sources report Veeam is in advanced talks to acquire data privacy management software maker Securiti for about $1.8B.
rumored 1 article 2025-10-06
Veeam Securiti
Sources: Veeam, which offers data backup and disaster recovery tools, is in advanced talks to acquire data privacy management software maker Securiti for ~$1.8B
Bloomberg · 2025-10-06 · #30
AI hyperscalers and data centers are reserving memory and storage capacity years in advance, exacerbating supply tightness.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-05
AI hyperscalers data centers memory and storage capacity
The AI boom is driving memory and storage shortages that may last a decade; OpenAI's Stargate has deals for 900K DRAM wafers per month, or ~40% of global output
Tom's Hardware · 2025-10-05 · #2
OpenAI's Stargate has deals to procure 900K DRAM wafers per month.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-05
OpenAI's Stargate 900,000 DRAM wafers per month
The AI boom is driving memory and storage shortages that may last a decade; OpenAI's Stargate has deals for 900K DRAM wafers per month, or ~40% of global output
Tom's Hardware · 2025-10-05 · #2
Axcelis Technologies and Veeco Instruments agree to merge in an all-stock deal to form a combined company with an enterprise value of $4.4 billion, creating the fourth-largest U.S. wafer fabrication company.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-04
Axcelis Technologies Veeco Instruments combined company
US semiconductor equipment companies Axcelis and Veeco agree to merge in an all-stock deal, creating a combined company with an enterprise value of $4.4B
Wall Street Journal · 2025-10-04 · #15
OpenText will sell its eDOCS legal document management system to NetDocuments for $163M; the deal is expected to close in early 2026.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-04
OpenText NetDocuments eDOCS legal document management system
OpenText says it will sell its eDOCS legal document management system to NetDocuments for $163M and reduce its debt; the deal is expected to close in early 2026
Bloomberg Law · 2025-10-04 · #28
Global Infrastructure Partners (BlackRock's GIP) is reportedly in talks to acquire Aligned Data Centers, which operates 78 data centers across North and South America, in a deal that could value Aligned at about $40 billion.
rumored 1 article 2025-10-03
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) Aligned Data Centers
Sources: BlackRock's GIP is in talks to buy Aligned, which operates 78 data centers across North and South America, in a deal that could value Aligned at ~$40B
Bloomberg · 2025-10-03 · #16
Uber acquires Belgium-based data labeling startup Segments.ai.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-03
Uber Segments.ai
Uber acquires Belgium-based data labeling startup Segments.ai to expand its lidar data labeling capabilities; its founders and staff will join Uber AI Solutions
Bloomberg · 2025-10-03 · #29
Uber acquired Segments.ai to expand its lidar data labeling capabilities.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-03
Uber lidar data labeling capabilities
Uber acquires Belgium-based data labeling startup Segments.ai to expand its lidar data labeling capabilities; its founders and staff will join Uber AI Solutions
Bloomberg · 2025-10-03 · #29
Founders and staff of Segments.ai will join Uber AI Solutions following the acquisition.
confirmed 1 article 2025-10-03
Segments.ai founders Segments.ai staff Uber AI Solutions
Uber acquires Belgium-based data labeling startup Segments.ai to expand its lidar data labeling capabilities; its founders and staff will join Uber AI Solutions
Bloomberg · 2025-10-03 · #29
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