#AI acquisitions
10 stories taggedAI acquisitions.
Nvidia Buys Hugging Face for $12.93 Billion
The world's biggest AI chip company just bought the platform where millions of developers share AI models for free. Here's what that means for open-source AI.
Big Tech Is Buying Up Robot Startups. Here's What That Means for the Industry
Three major acquisitions in five months have reshaped who owns the future of robotics. A controller maker that works with both old-school and AI-driven robots explains what happens next.
Adobe buys Indian AI startup Rilo to beef up its marketing automation tools
The six-person team behind Rilo built software that automates marketing tasks like competitor research and sales call analysis. Now they are joining Adobe, and Rilo itself is shutting down.
Why Nvidia and Stripe Are Spending Billions on 'Free' AI
Open-weight AI models, the kind anyone can download and run, are suddenly the hottest things in tech dealmaking. Here is what is driving a buying spree worth over $26 billion.
Stripe Is Reportedly Buying AI Model Marketplace OpenRouter for More Than $7 Billion
The payments giant is said to have struck a deal to acquire a startup that lets businesses shop across hundreds of AI models the way Stripe lets them shop across payment methods.
OpenAI Buys Presentation Startup NextSlide
The small AI tool that turned rough notes into polished slides is now inside ChatGPT's walls. Here is what we know about the deal.
Nscale pays $1.65 billion to buy AI software startup Anyscale
A British AI cloud company is snapping up the team behind a popular tool for running big AI workloads, in a bet that owning the whole stack, from servers to software, is where the money is.
Midjourney Buys Astrology App Co-Star in Its First Known Acquisition
The AI image company is branching into consumer apps, starting with a deal for the popular daily horoscope service used by millions.
Midjourney Has Bought the Astrology App Co-Star, and the Reasons Are Genuinely Interesting
The AI image company is quietly building a product empire that now includes horoscopes, medical projects and a spa. What does that mean for its 4.3 million stargazers?
Anthropic and a Billion-Dollar Robot Startup Held Talks This Spring. Here Is What We Know.
A weekend rumour about Anthropic buying robotics firm Physical Intelligence turned out to be more grounded than the denial suggested. And OpenAI may already hold cards that complicate any deal.