Acquisition News
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M&A activity in the AI industry. Acquisition news, mergers, and buyouts involving artificial intelligence companies.
xAI co-founders Tony Wu and Jimmy Ba resigned, marking 6 of 12 original founders departed in under 3...
xAI co-founders Tony Wu and Jimmy Ba resigned, marking 6 of 12 original founders departed in under 3 years. The exits came days after SpaceX's $1.25 trillion acquisition of xAI, with reports citing in...
Guardant Health acquired Israeli cancer detection startup MetaSight for up to $150M, establishing it...
Guardant Health acquired Israeli cancer detection startup MetaSight for up to $150M, establishing its first R&D center outside the US. This move signals rapid consolidation in the $14B liquid biopsy s...
HCLTech completed its $5.2 million acquisition of Belgian AI startup Wobby on February 20, 2026, sec...
HCLTech completed its $5.2 million acquisition of Belgian AI startup Wobby on February 20, 2026, securing 100% stake through its Actian subsidiary. This strategic move integrates Wobby's agentic AI da...
Mistral AI has acquired Paris-based Koyeb in its first-ever acquisition, integrating the serverless...
Mistral AI has acquired Paris-based Koyeb in its first-ever acquisition, integrating the serverless platform's 16-person team and technology into Mistral Compute. The $13.8B-valued French AI leader is...
Palo Alto Networks acquired Israeli startup Koi Security for $400 million to pioneer agentic endpoin...
Palo Alto Networks acquired Israeli startup Koi Security for $400 million to pioneer agentic endpoint protection—securing AI agents that operate as "insider threats" outside traditional security contr...
Epic Games acquires Meshcapade, the Tübingen-based Max Planck spin-off, bringing its SMPL body model...
Epic Games acquires Meshcapade, the Tübingen-based Max Planck spin-off, bringing its SMPL body model technology to Unreal Engine and MetaHuman. Founded in 2018 with only $6M in funding, Meshcapade's 1...
French AI unicorn Mistral AI, valued at $13.8 billion, has acquired Paris-based cloud infrastructure...
French AI unicorn Mistral AI, valued at $13.8 billion, has acquired Paris-based cloud infrastructure startup Koyeb in its first-ever acquisition. The deal integrates Koyeb's serverless platform into M...
Mistral AI ($13.8B valuation) has acquired Paris-based Koyeb in its first-ever acquisition, bringing...
Mistral AI ($13.8B valuation) has acquired Paris-based Koyeb in its first-ever acquisition, bringing 16 employees including 3 co-founders into its Mistral Compute initiative. This vertical integration...
Mistral AI (€11.7B valuation) acquired Koyeb for its serverless AI deployment platform with <200ms c...
Mistral AI (€11.7B valuation) acquired Koyeb for its serverless AI deployment platform with <200ms cold starts and 10 global data centers, marking Europe's first full-stack AI cloud player. This trans...
Palo Alto Networks has acquired one-year-old Israeli cybersecurity startup Koi for $400 million, mar...
Palo Alto Networks has acquired one-year-old Israeli cybersecurity startup Koi for $400 million, marking a stunning 8.3x return on its $48 million total funding. The deal addresses a critical emerging...
Mistral AI ($13.8B valuation, $400M ARR) acquired Koyeb, its first acquisition, to accelerate Mistra...
Mistral AI ($13.8B valuation, $400M ARR) acquired Koyeb, its first acquisition, to accelerate Mistral Compute and build Europe's sovereign full-stack AI cloud. This strategic move transforms Mistral f...
Apple has acquired Israeli startup Q.ai for nearly $2 billion, its largest deal since Beats. The tec...
Apple has acquired Israeli startup Q.ai for nearly $2 billion, its largest deal since Beats. The technology decodes facial micromovements to interpret silent speech, allowing control of AirPods and Vi...
Peter Steinberger, founder of the viral open-source agent OpenClaw, has joined OpenAI to spearhead t...
Peter Steinberger, founder of the viral open-source agent OpenClaw, has joined OpenAI to spearhead the development of next-generation personal agents. OpenClaw reached over 100,000 GitHub stars and 2...
Elon Musk has overhauled xAI following its merger with SpaceX, creating a 1.25 trillion dollar entit...
Elon Musk has overhauled xAI following its merger with SpaceX, creating a 1.25 trillion dollar entity. The reorganization into four divisions prepares the firm for a blockbuster IPO while streamlining...
US-based AutoAcquire AI has acquired Pakistani startup Virtuens AI in a landmark seven-figure deal.
US-based AutoAcquire AI has acquired Pakistani startup Virtuens AI in a landmark seven-figure deal. Co-founders Raheel Ahmad and Muddassar Sharif move to leadership roles at the US firm to scale their...
Elon Musks xAI has captured 17.8 percent of the US market, with Grok now the third-largest chatbot a...
Elon Musks xAI has captured 17.8 percent of the US market, with Grok now the third-largest chatbot as OpenAIs dominance fell from 80.9 to 52.9 percent in one year. This growth follows xAIs 250 billion...
Apple acquired Israeli startup Q.ai for 2 billion dollars to pioneer silent device control through f...
Apple acquired Israeli startup Q.ai for 2 billion dollars to pioneer silent device control through facial micro-movements. By analyzing subtle muscle shifts via 2026 camera-equipped AirPods, users can...
Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cimulate, an AI startup specializing in inte...
Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cimulate, an AI startup specializing in intent-aware product discovery. As the first major deal of 2026, it integrates context engines into the...
Labelbox acquired Upcraft to automate its Alignerr network of 1 million experts. By using AI agents...
Labelbox acquired Upcraft to automate its Alignerr network of 1 million experts. By using AI agents for expert qualification, Labelbox is removing the operational bottleneck in sourcing the top 3% of...
Intel has finalized its acquisition of SambaNova Systems and unveiled its Z-Angle Memory (ZAM) proto...
Intel has finalized its acquisition of SambaNova Systems and unveiled its Z-Angle Memory (ZAM) prototype. This signals a systemic shift toward integrated AI stacks, with ZAM offering 3x higher capacit...