Startup Acquisition

On May 11, 2026, the Wingreens Safe Harvest acquisition was formally completed through a share swap transaction — simultaneously with the closing of a Rs 120 crore ($12.6 million) Series D funding round. Two milestones. One defining day for…
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American Express acquires Hyper — an AI-focused expense management startup backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — as the company expands automation capabilities for commercial clients, with the announcement dropping on April 16, 2026. The Amex…
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OpenAI acquires Hiro Finance — and if you care about the future of AI-driven money management, this deal deserves your full attention. Confirmed by both founder Ethan Bloch and OpenAI itself to TechCrunch, the acquisition of this AI-powered…
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Just days after closing a record $122 billion funding round at an $852 billion valuation, OpenAI made a move that surprised nearly everyone in tech. The company officially announced it was acquiring TBPN — Technology Business Programming…
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OpenAI's plan to acquire Astral — announced on March 19, 2026 — arrives as its AI coding platform Codex already claims over 2 million weekly active users, a threefold jump since January alone. This is not a defensive hedge. The decision for…
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Apple acquires MotionVFX — the Warsaw-based plugin powerhouse behind some of the best final cut pro plugins in the industry — and the video editing world is paying close attention. Announced on March 16, 2026, the deal immediately brings 70…
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Google closed the largest transaction in its 28-year corporate history — a $32 billion all-cash deal for a cybersecurity startup that didn't exist just six years ago. That startup is Wiz. The moment Google acquires Wiz, every rule about…
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Netflix acquired InterPositive — a filmmaker-built AI startup that operated entirely in stealth for four years — on March 5, 2026, firing a starting gun that will echo through Hollywood for years. The company was founded by Oscar-winning…
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ServiceNow buys Traceloop in a deal estimated at $60 to $80 million, marking the enterprise workflow giant's third Israeli acquisition in under three months. Why does this modest-sized deal matter? Because it signals a fundamental shift in…
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Anthropic is acquiring Seattle AI startup Vercept, folding its desktop "computer use" technology and team into Claude as the race to build AI agents that can operate software intensifies. This move highlights the escalating competition in…
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