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OpenAI Pays Over $300 Million for Camera AI Startup Glass Imaging
Two former Apple engineers whose software sharpens smartphone photos at the moment of capture, not after, are now part of OpenAI.
Listen Labs walked away from a $1.5 billion funding round because Salesforce may want to buy it
The three-year-old startup that uses AI to run customer interviews ditched a signed deal with investors, a rare move, while acquisition talks with Salesforce are under way.
Enovis pays $180 million to bring bone-surgery robots to the operating room
A US medical device company is buying a French surgical robotics firm to put AI-guided robotic arms into knee and shoulder operations within two years.
Palo Alto Networks paid $500 million for a two-year-old IT help-desk AI startup
Console, a startup that used AI software to handle routine support tickets without human involvement, was acquired for roughly three times its last known valuation.
Hugging Face is reportedly fielding acquisition offers at a $13 billion valuation
The open-source AI model hub has been approached by potential buyers, but its CEO has publicly stressed the company's long-term duty to its community of developers and researchers.
SpaceX Tried to Buy AI Coding Startup Cognition. Its CEO Says That's Not True.
Bloomberg reported a takeover approach. Cognition's CEO shot it down publicly within hours. What we actually know, and what it tells us about how much money is flowing into AI coding tools.
SpaceX has officially bought Cursor, the AI coding assistant
The $60 billion deal is done. Cursor's AI coding tool now sits inside Elon Musk's rocket company, which wants to put its massive computing power to work for everyday software developers.
Klaviyo buys AI startup Agency and gets a new product chief in the same deal
The e-commerce marketing platform is acquiring a three-year-old AI startup founded by a serial entrepreneur who once hired Klaviyo's own CEO, and is now joining to lead its AI push.
GAM Enterprises Buys Schaeffler's Precision Gearbox Technology to Make Its Own Parts
The Illinois motion-control company acquired the intellectual property behind the PSC gear reducer, a core part in its own flagship product, and set up a new German subsidiary to manufacture it.
Visa is buying fraud-detection firm BioCatch for $2.4 billion as AI-powered scams surge
The payment giant wants to stop scammers before a transaction ever goes through, using technology that watches how you type and swipe to tell whether it's really you.
Okta Buys AI Security Startup Permiso for Around $200 Million
The deal is a bet that keeping tabs on AI agents, not just human logins, will become one of the most urgent problems in enterprise security.
Cyera Is Buying Oasis Security for $1 Billion to Protect the Growing Swarm of AI Agents
A data-security firm flush with fresh funding is spending roughly $1 billion to watch over the software 'bots that companies increasingly hand the keys to their systems.
Cognition buys Poke for up to $100 million to make its AI coding assistant friendlier
The startup behind Devin, an AI that writes and fixes code, has acquired a chat app known for feeling more like a conversation than a command line. The bet: personality sells.
Whatnot Buys AI Startup Shaped to Make Live Shopping Feel Personal
The livestream shopping app is betting that smarter recommendation technology will help viewers find what they want faster, as it pushes into new product categories.