AI Acquisitions · 3 weeks ago China Forced Meta to Unwind Its $2 Billion Manus Acquisition The reversal sets a precedent for cross-border AI deals involving Chinese-founded teams. By AIBW Desk
AI Acquisitions · 3 weeks ago Nvidia in Early Talks to Buy, Acquihire or Invest More in Reflection AI The Financial Times reports an agreement could come within weeks, though the talks could collapse. By AIBW Desk
AI Acquisitions · 3 weeks ago Workday Agrees to Acquire ConductorOne to Govern Agent and Human Access The agentic identity platform will be combined with Workday's Agent System of Record. By AIBW Desk
AI Acquisitions · 3 weeks ago SAP to Acquire TechWolf to Give Enterprises an Evidence-Based View of Work in the AI Age The deal adds skills and work-analytics technology to SAP's HR and workforce products. By AIBW Desk
AI Acquisitions · 3 weeks ago Harness Acquires Augment Code to Connect Software Engineering From Idea to Deployment SiliconANGLE's October 9 roundup lists the deal among the week's AI acquisitions. By AIBW Desk
AI Funding · 3 weeks ago Simile Raises $200 Million at a $2 Billion Valuation Five Months After Its Series A The synthetic-user startup doubled down on a $100 million Series A with a larger round in July. By AIBW Desk
AI Funding · 3 weeks ago Verda Raises $189 Million as the Helsinki AI Cloud Passes a $1 Billion Valuation The six-year-old company has raised more than $450 million in total, Crunchbase reports. By AIBW Desk
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AI Funding · 3 weeks ago Salience Labs Raises $125 Million for All-Optical Switches in AI Data Centers Bullhound Capital led the Series B; Intel Capital and AMD Ventures took part. By AIBW Desk
AI Funding · 3 weeks ago Nous Research Raises $90 Million at a $1.5 Billion Valuation Robot Ventures led the Series B, with Nvidia, Samsung, Union Square Ventures, Menlo Ventures and 1789 Capital participating. By AIBW Desk