Okta buys AI security startup Permiso; source says for about $200M |

9:09 AM PDT · July 30, 2026 Okta on Thursday agreed to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso Security, betting that demand for protecting AI…

Saudi prince buys 5% stake in Lucid Motors |

10:33 AM PDT · July 28, 2026 Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, a member of the Saudi royal family, has purchased a 5%…

Qualcomm Buys Buzzy Chip Startup Modular for Nearly $4 Billion

Qualcomm will acquire the Silicon Valley chip startup Modular for nearly $4 billion. The companies announced the acquisition on Wednesday; Qualcomm said it expects to…

Meta buys robotics startup to bolster its humanoid AI ambitions |

3:13 PM PDT · May 1, 2026 Meta has acquired humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI) for an undisclosed sum, the social media giant…

Bret Taylor’s Sierra buys YC-backed AI startup Fragment |

In Brief Posted: 2:00 PM PDT · April 23, 2026 Sierra, the customer service agent startup founded by Bret Taylor, announced on Thursday that it…

OpenAI Buys Some Positive News

OpenAI announced Thursday that it had acquired the online business talk show TBPN for an undisclosed sum. The move comes as OpenAI struggles with its…

Webflow buys AI content-generation platform Vidoso to bolster its marketing suite |

Webflow, which offers a software platform for building and hosting websites, is acquiring AI-powered content-generation platform Vidoso to beef up its suite of marketing offerings.…

Mistral AI buys Koyeb in first acquisition to back its cloud ambitions |

Mistral AI, the French company last valued at $13.8 billion, has made its first acquisition. The OpenAI competitor has agreed to buy Koyeb, a Paris-based…

AI data labeler Handshake buys Cleanlab, an acquisition target of multiple others |

11:00 AM pst · January 28, AI data-labeling startup Handshake has acquired data label-auditing startup Cleanlab, the companies tell TechCrunch. Handshake began in 2013 as…

Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai as the AI race heats up |

In Brief Posted: 10:58 AM Pst · January 29, Apple, Meta, and Google are locked in a fierce battle to lead the next wave of…