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M&A activity in the AI industry. Acquisition news, mergers, and buyouts involving artificial intelligence companies.

Nurix AI acquires Verloop.io to build unified voice and chat enterprise AI platform
Jul 9, 2026Nurix AI

Nurix AI acquires Verloop.io to build unified voice and chat enterprise AI platform

Nurix AI acquires Verloop.io to build unified voice and chat enterprise AI platform Mukesh Bansal-led enterprise AI startup Nurix AI has acquired Verloop.io, a conversational AI platform focused on ch...

Jul 8, 2026

OpenAI deployment unit acquires Northslope, moves into consulting-style services

OpenAI deployment unit acquires Northslope, moves into consulting-style services OpenAI's deployment organization has agreed to acquire Northslope, a consulting and services firm, according to Axios....

Figma acquires team behind vibe-coding app Bud to push further into AI-powered prototyping.
Jul 7, 2026

Figma acquires team behind vibe-coding app Bud to push further into AI-powered prototyping.

Figma acquires team behind vibe-coding app Bud to push further into AI-powered prototyping. Figma has acquired the team behind Bud (formerly Orchids), a Y Combinator-backed vibe-coding and AI agent pl...

Jul 7, 2026xAI

xAI merges into SpaceX and rebrands as SpaceXAI following SpaceX's $750B IPO

xAI merges into SpaceX and rebrands as SpaceXAI following SpaceX's $750B IPO Elon Musk's xAI has officially merged into SpaceX and been rebranded as SpaceXAI, a move announced shortly after SpaceX com...

Bending Spoons, the little-known Milan-based tech conglomerate that owns AOL, Vimeo, Evernote, WeTra...
Jul 5, 2026Bending Spoons

Bending Spoons, the little-known Milan-based tech conglomerate that owns AOL, Vimeo, Evernote, WeTra...

Bending Spoons, the little-known Milan-based tech conglomerate that owns AOL, Vimeo, Evernote, WeTransfer, Meetup, and Eventbrite, went public on the Nasdaq this week, briefly reaching a market capita...

Datadog Acquires Adaptive ML to Bolster Specialized AI Agent Observability and Training
Jul 4, 2026Adaptive ML

Datadog Acquires Adaptive ML to Bolster Specialized AI Agent Observability and Training

Datadog Acquires Adaptive ML to Bolster Specialized AI Agent Observability and Training Datadog has acquired Adaptive ML, a startup that helps enterprises build, own, and deploy specialized AI agents...

Jun 30, 2026Cognite

Schneider Electric Acquires Industrial AI Firm Cognite for $3.1 Billion

Schneider Electric Acquires Industrial AI Firm Cognite for $3.1 Billion French energy management giant Schneider Electric has agreed to acquire Norwegian industrial AI software company Cognite for $3....

Jun 30, 2026Rebellions

Rebellion acquires SqueezeBits to build end-to-end AI inference infrastructure

Rebellion acquires SqueezeBits to build end-to-end AI inference infrastructure South Korean AI chip startup Rebellion (리벨리온) has acquired SqueezeBits (스퀴즈비츠), an AI inference optimization specialist....

Adobe acquires Topaz Labs to bolster AI upscaling and image enhancement capabilities
Jun 26, 2026Topaz Labs

Adobe acquires Topaz Labs to bolster AI upscaling and image enhancement capabilities

Adobe acquires Topaz Labs to bolster AI upscaling and image enhancement capabilities Adobe announced on June 25, 2026, that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Topaz Labs, a company...

Jun 24, 2026Aampe

MoEngage acquires AI agent startup Aampe for tens of millions in all-cash deal

MoEngage acquires AI agent startup Aampe for tens of millions in all-cash deal MoEngage, a customer engagement platform, has acquired Aampe, an AI agent startup, for a tens-of-millions all-cash deal....

Qualcomm announced the acquisition of AI startup Modular for under $4 billion, marking a major step...
Jun 24, 2026Modular

Qualcomm announced the acquisition of AI startup Modular for under $4 billion, marking a major step...

Qualcomm announced the acquisition of AI startup Modular for under $4 billion, marking a major step in the chipmaker's AI strategy. Modular develops AI platforms that enable developers to build and de...

Astral founder Charlie Marsh acquired by OpenAI for hundreds of millions, discusses AI hype in developer tools
Jun 24, 2026Astral

Astral founder Charlie Marsh acquired by OpenAI for hundreds of millions, discusses AI hype in developer tools

Astral founder Charlie Marsh acquired by OpenAI for hundreds of millions, discusses AI hype in developer tools OpenAI has acquired Astral, the company behind the popular Python toolchain Ruff and pack...

MoonPay acquires AI accounting agent startup Entendre. MoonPay, the cryptocurrency payments and stab...
Jun 23, 2026MoonPay

MoonPay acquires AI accounting agent startup Entendre. MoonPay, the cryptocurrency payments and stab...

MoonPay acquires AI accounting agent startup Entendre. MoonPay, the cryptocurrency payments and stablecoin infrastructure company, has acquired Entendre, an AI-powered accounting automation platform p...

Jun 23, 2026Modular

Qualcomm in talks to acquire AI chip startup Modular

Qualcomm in talks to acquire AI chip startup Modular Qualcomm is reportedly in discussions to acquire Modular, an AI chip startup whose Mojo programming language and modular inference engine promised...

MGX explores multi-billion acquisition of Singapore-based data centre operator DayOne
Jun 20, 2026DayOne

MGX explores multi-billion acquisition of Singapore-based data centre operator DayOne

MGX explores multi-billion acquisition of Singapore-based data centre operator DayOne Abu Dhabi-backed AI investor MGX is weighing a multi-billion-dollar acquisition of DayOne, a Singapore-based data...

Nobel laureate John Jumper leaves Google DeepMind for Anthropic
Jun 19, 2026Anthropic

Nobel laureate John Jumper leaves Google DeepMind for Anthropic

Nobel laureate John Jumper leaves Google DeepMind for Anthropic John Jumper, the Nobel Prize-winning AI researcher who led development of the open-source protein-folding model AlphaFold at Google Deep...

SpaceX has agreed to acquire Anysphere, the company behind the AI code editor Cursor, in a $60 billi...
Jun 19, 2026Cursor

SpaceX has agreed to acquire Anysphere, the company behind the AI code editor Cursor, in a $60 billi...

SpaceX has agreed to acquire Anysphere, the company behind the AI code editor Cursor, in a $60 billion all-stock transaction. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, after which An...

Jun 17, 2026Anysphere

SpaceX agreed to acquire AI coding startup Cursor, the company behind the popular AI coding assistan...

SpaceX agreed to acquire AI coding startup Cursor, the company behind the popular AI coding assistant, for $60 billion in an all-stock deal expected to close in Q3 2026. Why it matters: This acquisiti...

Jun 17, 2026Upstage

Upstage Acquires Daum and Timely, Becomes Comprehensive AI Platform Company

Upstage Acquires Daum and Timely, Becomes Comprehensive AI Platform Company South Korean AI unicorn Upstage (업스테이지) announced at a press conference on June 16 that it has acquired portal Daum (다음) and...

Qualcomm Pursues $8-10B Acquisition of Tenstorrent to Enter Data Center AI Chip Market
Jun 17, 2026

Qualcomm Pursues $8-10B Acquisition of Tenstorrent to Enter Data Center AI Chip Market

Qualcomm Pursues $8-10B Acquisition of Tenstorrent to Enter Data Center AI Chip Market Qualcomm is in advanced acquisition negotiations with AI chip startup Tenstorrent at a valuation of $8-10 billion...