Startup acquisitions — who bought whom, deal terms, and the strategic reasons behind M&A.
OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says
OpenAI has acquired Glass Imaging, a smartphone camera technology company, for $300 million, according to reports. The deal marks OpenAI's latest move…
Superhuman acquires YC-backed notetaker Fathom as productivity platforms push for agentic work
Superhuman, the AI-powered email platform that raised $33 million in Series B funding last year, has acquired Fathom, a Y Combinator-backed meeting tr…
Bending Spoons to buy collaboration tools maker Miro for $1.36B, 90% less than its 2022 valuation
Bending Spoons, the Milan-based software acquirer, is purchasing Miro for $1.36 billion in an all-cash deal. The price tag represents a stunning 92% c…
AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks
Listen Labs abandoned a $1.5 billion Series C funding round led by Menlo Ventures to pursue a strategic acquisition conversation with Salesforce, acco…
DOJ wants more answers on Fox’s $22B Roku deal
Fox Corporation's $22 billion acquisition of Roku faces fresh regulatory scrutiny after the Department of Justice issued a second request to both comp…
Adobe acquires Indian market intelligence startup Rilo
Adobe has acquired Rilo, an Indian market intelligence startup, marking the software giant's second acquisition from India in recent years. The deal f…
Palo Alto Networks paid $500M for Thrive-backed Console, sources say
Palo Alto Networks acquired Console, a startup backed by Thrive Capital, for approximately $500 million, according to sources familiar with the deal. …
GoPro to be acquired for $285M, will remain a public company
GoPro has agreed to a merger with an AI infrastructure company in an all-stock deal valued at $285 million. The action camera maker will remain public…
Open-weight AI companies are the Valley’s hottest acquisition targets
Open-weight AI has become Silicon Valley's acquisition darling, with major tech companies racing to buy startups built around freely available large l…
Flipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social web
Flipboard has acquired Graze, a feed-building startup focused on Bluesky, to strengthen its position in the decentralized social web movement. The dea…
Gamma acquires Accel-backed design startup Lica
Gamma, the AI-powered presentation software startup, has acquired Lica, a design startup backed by venture firm Accel. The deal brings Lica's co-found…
Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case
Zillow and Redfin have resolved their antitrust dispute with the Federal Trade Commission, concluding a regulatory battle that centered on competition…
Startups Are Still Acquiring Startups, Led By Ultra-High-Valuation Unicorns
Startup-to-startup acquisitions continue at a brisk pace, with ultra-high-valuation unicorns leading the charge in what has become a standard playbook…
SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition
SpaceX has completed its acquisition of Cursor, the AI-powered code editor that rapidly became one of the fastest-growing developer tools in the marke…
How a $250 million acquisition collapsed into allegations of fraud and forged signatures
VideoVerse's $250 million acquisition unraveled into a legal nightmare, leaving investors empty-handed and co-founder Vinayak Shrivastav facing fraud …
Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up
PayPal Holdings is in active merger discussions with Stripe and private equity firm Advent International, according to multiple sources. The negotiati…