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

Meta has consolidated its AI future by acquiring a 49 percent stake in Scale AI for 14.3 billion dol...
Jan 18, 2026Scale AI

Meta has consolidated its AI future by acquiring a 49 percent stake in Scale AI for 14.3 billion dol...

Meta has consolidated its AI future by acquiring a 49 percent stake in Scale AI for 14.3 billion dollars and appointing Dina Powell McCormick to lead capital efforts for infrastructure. ๐Ÿš€ This integr...

Meta has appointed Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang to lead its new Superintelligence Labs following a...
Jan 18, 2026

Meta has appointed Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang to lead its new Superintelligence Labs following a...

Meta has appointed Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang to lead its new Superintelligence Labs following a landmark 14 billion dollar investment. This move represents a systemic pivot from Yann LeCun academ...

Jan 18, 2026Perplexity

Perplexity AI has submitted a 34.5 billion dollar all-cash bid for Google Chrome, far exceeding its...

Perplexity AI has submitted a 34.5 billion dollar all-cash bid for Google Chrome, far exceeding its own 18 billion dollar valuation. This move exploits US antitrust pressures that could force Google t...

Usercentrics has acquired MCP Manager to integrate privacy governance into the Model Context Protoco...
Jan 18, 2026

Usercentrics has acquired MCP Manager to integrate privacy governance into the Model Context Protoco...

Usercentrics has acquired MCP Manager to integrate privacy governance into the Model Context Protocol as organizations scale AI agents. With MCP adoption surging and remote servers growing 4x since mi...

Meta Platforms is acquiring autonomous agent pioneer Manus AI for over 2 billion dollars. ๐Ÿค The sta...
Jan 17, 2026Manus

Meta Platforms is acquiring autonomous agent pioneer Manus AI for over 2 billion dollars. ๐Ÿค The sta...

Meta Platforms is acquiring autonomous agent pioneer Manus AI for over 2 billion dollars. ๐Ÿค The startup hit 125 million dollars in revenue in eight months, shifting focus from chatbots to task-execut...

Meta has acquired AI agent startup Manus in a landmark deal valued at over $2 billion. ๐Ÿš€ Manus reac...
Jan 16, 2026Manus

Meta has acquired AI agent startup Manus in a landmark deal valued at over $2 billion. ๐Ÿš€ Manus reac...

Meta has acquired AI agent startup Manus in a landmark deal valued at over $2 billion. ๐Ÿš€ Manus reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue just eight months after launching its autonomous genera...

Upstage is finalizing the acquisition of the portal Daum via a 200 billion won stock swap with Kakao...
Jan 15, 2026Upstage

Upstage is finalizing the acquisition of the portal Daum via a 200 billion won stock swap with Kakao...

Upstage is finalizing the acquisition of the portal Daum via a 200 billion won stock swap with Kakao subsidiary AXZ. ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท This represents a systemic shift where an AI startup absorbs a legacy internet...

OpenAI has acquired health-tech startup Torch for $60 million to accelerate its "unified medical mem...
Jan 13, 2026OpenAI

OpenAI has acquired health-tech startup Torch for $60 million to accelerate its "unified medical mem...

OpenAI has acquired health-tech startup Torch for $60 million to accelerate its "unified medical memory" capabilities. This deal follows the launch of ChatGPT Health and secures a team with deep exper...

Coforge has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI-native firm Encora for 2.35 billion USD. Thi...
Jan 12, 2026

Coforge has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI-native firm Encora for 2.35 billion USD. Thi...

Coforge has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI-native firm Encora for 2.35 billion USD. This landmark all-stock deal integrates over 9,000 specialists, creating a global powerhouse with 2.5 b...

Meta has completed its 2 billion dollar acquisition of Butterfly Effect, the creator of the Manus AI...
Jan 12, 2026Manus

Meta has completed its 2 billion dollar acquisition of Butterfly Effect, the creator of the Manus AI...

Meta has completed its 2 billion dollar acquisition of Butterfly Effect, the creator of the Manus AI agent. As Metaโ€™s third-largest deal, it shifts the focus from model size to agentic execution consu...

Nvidia has finalized its largest-ever deal, acquiring Groq assets for 20 billion USD in cash. This m...
Jan 12, 2026Groq

Nvidia has finalized its largest-ever deal, acquiring Groq assets for 20 billion USD in cash. This m...

Nvidia has finalized its largest-ever deal, acquiring Groq assets for 20 billion USD in cash. This move integrates Groqs ultra-low latency LPU technology into the Nvidia ecosystem for real-time infere...

FuriosaAI has rejected an 800 million dollar acquisition offer from Meta to maintain its independenc...
Jan 11, 2026FuriosaAI

FuriosaAI has rejected an 800 million dollar acquisition offer from Meta to maintain its independenc...

FuriosaAI has rejected an 800 million dollar acquisition offer from Meta to maintain its independence in the AI semiconductor market. The South Korean startup is doubling down on its RNGD chip, which...

Mobileye is acquiring humanoid startup Mentee Robotics for 900 million dollars to lead its transitio...
Jan 10, 2026Mentee Robotics

Mobileye is acquiring humanoid startup Mentee Robotics for 900 million dollars to lead its transitio...

Mobileye is acquiring humanoid startup Mentee Robotics for 900 million dollars to lead its transition into physical AI. The transaction includes 612 million dollars in cash and targets series producti...

OpenAI has finalized its latest acqui-hire of the Convogo team to bolster its vertical AI cloud init...
Jan 9, 2026OpenAI

OpenAI has finalized its latest acqui-hire of the Convogo team to bolster its vertical AI cloud init...

OpenAI has finalized its latest acqui-hire of the Convogo team to bolster its vertical AI cloud initiatives. This marks the 9th talent-focused acquisition in 12 months, a period where talent acquisiti...

CrowdStrike is acquiring AI startup SGNL for 740 million dollars to integrate real-time identity aut...
Jan 9, 2026

CrowdStrike is acquiring AI startup SGNL for 740 million dollars to integrate real-time identity aut...

CrowdStrike is acquiring AI startup SGNL for 740 million dollars to integrate real-time identity authorization into its Falcon platform. This 2026 deal follows SGNL's 30 million dollar Series A, highl...

Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI agent startup Manus is facing an official probe by Chinaโ€™s Minis...
Jan 9, 2026Manus

Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI agent startup Manus is facing an official probe by Chinaโ€™s Minis...

Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI agent startup Manus is facing an official probe by Chinaโ€™s Ministry of Commerce over potential export control violations. Despite Manus relocating to Singapore in 2...

Snowflake is acquiring AI-powered observability startup Observe in a deal valued at approximately 1...
Jan 9, 2026Observe, Inc.

Snowflake is acquiring AI-powered observability startup Observe in a deal valued at approximately 1...

Snowflake is acquiring AI-powered observability startup Observe in a deal valued at approximately 1 billion dollars. This strategic move integrates deep telemetry and AI troubleshooting directly into...

Stord has acquired Shipwire from CEVA Logistics, adding 12 fulfillment centers and expanding into th...
Jan 8, 2026Stord

Stord has acquired Shipwire from CEVA Logistics, adding 12 fulfillment centers and expanding into th...

Stord has acquired Shipwire from CEVA Logistics, adding 12 fulfillment centers and expanding into the EU and UK markets as of January 2026. This acquisition leverages a global network across 170 count...

Mobileye is acquiring humanoid robot maker Mentee Robotics for 900 million dollars in a deal featuri...
Jan 8, 2026Mentee Robotics

Mobileye is acquiring humanoid robot maker Mentee Robotics for 900 million dollars in a deal featuri...

Mobileye is acquiring humanoid robot maker Mentee Robotics for 900 million dollars in a deal featuring 612 million dollars in cash and 26 million shares. This move repurposes Mobileye's automotive vis...

Accenture has acquired British AI powerhouse Faculty, integrating its 400-strong specialist team and...
Jan 7, 2026Faculty

Accenture has acquired British AI powerhouse Faculty, integrating its 400-strong specialist team and...

Accenture has acquired British AI powerhouse Faculty, integrating its 400-strong specialist team and the Frontier decision intelligence platform into global operations. In a rare move, Faculty CEO Mar...