Kiss reportedly sells rights to its music, name, image and likeness to Swedish entertainment company Pophouse for about $300M to create a live show.
rumored 1 article 2024-04-04
Kiss Pophouse rights to music name, image and likeness rights
US rock band Kiss sells rights to its music, name, image, and likeness to Swedish entertainment company Pophouse to create a live show, a source says for ~$300M
Financial Times · 2024-04-04 · #21
Alphabet is reportedly considering making an offer to acquire HubSpot, according to sources and discussions with advisers.
rumored 1 article 2024-04-04
Alphabet HubSpot
Clayton Dubilier & Rice plans to buy a majority stake in IT services provider Presidio from BC Partners; sources say the deal may value Presidio at over $4 billion.
rumored 1 article 2024-04-03
Clayton Dubilier & Rice Presidio BC Partners
PE firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice plans to buy a majority stake in IT services provider Presidio from BC Partners; sources say the deal may value Presidio at $4B+
Reuters · 2024-04-03 · #30
EQT AB reportedly agrees to acquire compliance software provider Avetta from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe for about $3 billion including debt, according to sources.
rumored 1 article 2024-04-03
EQT AB Avetta Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
PE firm EQT AB agrees to acquire compliance software provider Avetta from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, sources say at a ~$3B valuation, including debt
Bloomberg · 2024-04-03 · #31
Yahoo plans to acquire the technology behind the news app Artifact for an undisclosed sum.
confirmed 1 article 2024-04-02
Yahoo Artifact (technology)
Yahoo plans to acquire the tech behind news app Artifact, started by Instagram co-founders Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom, for an undisclosed sum
The Verge · 2024-04-02 · #1
Intuit acquired Mailchimp in 2021.
confirmed 1 article 2024-04-02
Intuit Mailchimp
Q&A with Intuit Mailchimp CEO Rania Succar on the core business of email, acquiring Mailchimp in 2021, generative AI, shutting down TinyLetter, and more
The Verge · 2024-04-02 · #22
Firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic are working to find enough information to train next-generation AI models.
rumored 1 article 2024-04-01
OpenAI Anthropic information to train next-generation AI models
Sources: OpenAI discussed training GPT-5 on public YouTube video transcripts; AI industry's need for high-quality text data may outstrip supply within two years
Wall Street Journal · 2024-04-01 · #3
Sources say Mnuchin proposed buying TikTok from its Chinese owner while excluding the app's export-blocked algorithm and rebuilding the product from scratch; the proposal is described as far-fetched and has drawn skeptical reactions.
rumored 1 article 2024-03-31
Steven Mnuchin TikTok TikTok algorithm
A look at Steven Mnuchin's TikTok plans; sources say his proposal to buy TikTok without its export-blocked algorithm and rebuild it from scratch is far-fetched
Washington Post · 2024-03-31 · #11
Thomas G. Dietterich tweets approvingly about the merging of SRI with PARC and calls to reconceive the future of knowledge work and the corporation.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-27
Thomas G. Dietterich SRI PARC
A look at SRI's Future Concepts division, a research organization comprised of SRI and PARC researchers, as some argue that basic tech research labs are passé
New York Times · 2024-03-27 · #32
Robinhood acquired credit card startup X1 for $95 million eight months before launching the Gold Card.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-27
Robinhood X1
Robinhood launches Gold Card, a 3% cashback credit card for Robinhood Gold members, eight months after acquiring credit card startup X1 for $95M
TechCrunch · 2024-03-27 · #38
SingularityNET, Fetch.ai, and Ocean Protocol are reportedly in talks to merge their crypto tokens into a single token called ASI, with an implied fully diluted value of about $7.5B.
rumored 1 article 2024-03-27
SingularityNET Fetch.ai Ocean Protocol ASI
Canva acquires Affinity, the British team behind the Affinity art suite popular with Mac users, for several hundred million pounds to challenge Adobe, according to Canva's COO.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-26
Canva Affinity
Canva acquires Affinity, popular with Mac users for its photo editing and other tools, to take on Adobe, Canva's COO says for “several hundred million pounds”
Bloomberg · 2024-03-26 · #3
Alibaba plans to buy out all remaining shares of Cainiao held by investors and employees for $3.75 billion.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-26
Alibaba Cainiao logistics arm investors employees
Filing: Alibaba calls off a Hong Kong IPO for its Cainiao logistics arm, and now plans to buy out all remaining stock held by investors and employees for $3.75B
Bloomberg · 2024-03-26 · #32
DWAC completed a merger with Trump Media & Technology Group, enabling TMTG's public trading debut.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-26
DWAC Trump Media & Technology Group
Match Group signs a deal with Elliott Management.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-25
Match Group Elliott Management
Match Group adds Instacart CMO Laura Jones and Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff to its board and signs a deal with Elliott, reported to have a ~$1B Match stake
CNBC · 2024-03-25 · #12
CommEX acquired Binance's Russian operations in September 2023.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-25
CommEX Binance's Russian operations
Meta acquired CrowdTangle in 2016.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-24
Meta CrowdTangle
Q&A with ex-CEO of CrowdTangle Brandon Silverman about the founding principle of the research tool, Meta's decision to close it in an election year, and more
Fast Company · 2024-03-24 · #12
Microsoft is pioneering 'non-acquisition' deals with OpenAI and Inflection to achieve acquisition-like outcomes without formal buyouts.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-23
Microsoft OpenAI Inflection
As regulators constantly and unreasonably block acquisitions, Microsoft is pioneering the non-acquisition acquisition with its OpenAI and Inflection deals
Newcomer · 2024-03-23 · #10
DWAC shareholders approved the SPAC merger to take TMTG/Truth Social public.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-23
Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC) Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG)
Donald Trump's Truth Social is going public via a SPAC merger after DWAC shareholders approved the move; TMTG will be listed on the Nasdaq as early as next week
Axios · 2024-03-23 · #27
Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG)/Truth Social is going public via a SPAC merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC).
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-23
Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) Truth Social Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC)
Donald Trump's Truth Social is going public via a SPAC merger after DWAC shareholders approved the move; TMTG will be listed on the Nasdaq as early as next week
Axios · 2024-03-23 · #27
Qualcomm ends its bid to buy Israeli car chip maker Autotalks, citing a lack of timely regulatory approvals.
failed 1 article 2024-03-23
Qualcomm Autotalks
Qualcomm ends its bid to buy Israeli car chip maker Autotalks, citing a lack of timely regulatory approvals; the UK CMA opened a probe into the deal in February
Reuters · 2024-03-23 · #20
Microsoft reaches an agreement with two founders of Inflection, indicating a deal to acquire AI talent/expertise.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-23
Microsoft Inflection two founders of Inflection
Microsoft's deal with Inflection is a further sign that the emerging AI economy will probably be dominated by the US tech giants, as the AI talent war heats up
Financial Times · 2024-03-23 · #9
TMTG's Truth Social is going public via a SPAC merger with DWAC after DWAC shareholders approved the transaction; TMTG is expected to be listed on the Nasdaq as early as next week.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-22
TMTG Truth Social Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC) Nasdaq
Vodafone and Three UK are planning a $19B merger.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-22
Vodafone Three UK $19B
The UK CMA launches a formal Phase 2 investigation into Vodafone and Three UK's planned $19B merger, after finding competition and pricing concerns in Phase 1
TechCrunch · 2024-03-22 · #12
BBC is reportedly holding talks with tech companies, including Amazon, about selling access to its archives and content for AI training.
rumored 1 article 2024-03-21
BBC tech companies Amazon
Sources: the BBC plans to build its own AI models, and is holding talks with tech companies, including Amazon, about selling its content for AI training
Financial Times · 2024-03-21 · #29
Francisco Partners agrees to acquire Portland, Oregon-based Jama Software, a provider of tools to help companies develop complex tech products, for $1.2 billion.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-20
Francisco Partners Jama Software
PE firm Francisco Partners agrees to acquire Portland, Oregon-based Jama Software, which helps companies develop complex tech products, for $1.2B
Oregonian · 2024-03-20 · #39
TikTok bought roughly a 75% stake in GoTo's Tokopedia.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-20
TikTok Tokopedia
GoTo reports a $5.76B net loss in 2023, up over 2x YoY, due to a write-down after TikTok bought a ~75% stake in GoTo's Tokopedia, on ~$933.6M in net revenue
Nikkei Asia · 2024-03-20 · #37
PDD operates the e-commerce platforms Temu and Pinduoduo.
confirmed 1 article 2024-03-20
PDD Temu Pinduoduo
Talks between Airbus and Atos failed, ending potential deal discussions.
failed 1 article 2024-03-20
Airbus Atos
France is seeking “a national solution” to protect IT giant Atos, which manages nuclear data and cybersecurity, after Airbus talks failed; ATO.PA fell 20%+
New York Times · 2024-03-20 · #12
Airbus ends talks with Atos over a potential up-to-€1.8B deal for Atos's big data and security unit, abandoning the transaction.
failed 1 article 2024-03-19
Airbus Atos Atos' big data and security unit