Tag: Mergers, Acquisitions & Takeovers

Google plans to invest even more money into Anthropic

Google plans to invest up to $40 billion into Anthropic in what could be viewed as a...

OpenAI buys its second startup in a month

OpenAI has acquired Hiro Finance, a startup that offers AI-powered financial planning tools. As first reported by...

Uber to acquire Berlin-based chauffeur hailing app to ramp up its luxury travel efforts

Uber has acquired Blacklane, a Berlin-based startup that offers chauffeur services and bookings through its app, with...

Amazon acquires autonomous robotics startup Rivr

Amazon has acquired Rivr, a startup focused on autonomous robotics. Rivr is based in Zurich and was...

Apple acquires popular video editing software company MotionVFX

Apple's latest acquisition could be a hint towards improvements for Final Cut Pro. The tech giant acquired...

Teamsters urge DOJ to block Paramount’s Warner Bros. merger

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union that covers warehouse workers, drivers and a diverse collection of...

Paramount+ and HBO Max could be merging into a single streaming service

Paramount Skydance plans to combine Paramount+ and HBO Max into a single streaming service following the completion...

Antitrust head overseeing Netflix-Warner merger resigns

The head of the antitrust division is out at the US Department of Justice. Gail Slater, a...

NVIDIA is still planning to make a ‘huge’ investment in OpenAI, CEO says

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang told reporters that the company will "invest a great deal of money" in...

OnlyFans is reportedly in talks to sell a 60 percent stake to a San Francisco investment firm

OnlyFans is looking to cash out once again, but this time in a deal that would value...

Apple acquires Q.ai for a reported $2 billion

Apple has acquired Israel-based startup Q.ai, a move that could provide a much-needed boost to the tech...

US Congress members call for ‘thorough review’ of EA’s $55 billion sale

Before Electronic Arts goes private in a groundbreaking sale, some US lawmakers are pleading for some federal...

David Ellison extends deadline for Warner Bros. Discovery takeover offer

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is apparently still hopeful that investors will approve his $108.4 billion hostile...

Paramount won’t quit, files suit against Warner Bros. Discovery over rejected bid

Paramount Skydance just does not want to take no for an answer. After having multiple bids to...

Warners Bros. Discovery board urges shareholders to reject amended Paramount bid

In a unanimous written determination, the Warner Bros. Discovery's board is advising shareholders to once again reject...

Co-founder of CD Projekt Michał Kiciński has acquired GOG, the company’s game storefront

Michał Kiciński, co-founder of CD Projekt, has acquired total ownership of the DRM-free video game storefront GOG....

Paramount has an updated Warner Bros. Discovery bid

Paramount Skydance isn't giving up on obtaining Warner Bros. Discovery just yet. The company has amended its...

Trump’s TikTok deal is another step closer to finally actually happening

Remember back in September when President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seemingly finalized some of...

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s hostile bid

Warner Bros. Discovery's board has formally rejected the $108 billion takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, the company...

The Morning After: Tech’s biggest winners of 2025

As we wrap up 2025, we’re looking at the year’s biggest winners: the people, companies, products and...

Paramount makes a $108 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

Paramount has been none too pleased about Netflix striking an $82.7 billion deal to buy much of...

Netflix to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion

Shortly after rumors of a deal between the two media giants broke, Netflix has announced it is...

Netflix is reportedly in exclusive talks to acquire Warner Bros. and HBO

Netflix is in exclusive talks to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery's film and TV studios and HBO Max...

Unionized EA staffers are not happy about that proposed Saudi-backed acquisition

EA employees involved with the Communications Workers of America union have issued a sternly-worded statement against the...

Chinese regulators are investigating Qualcomm’s acquisition of Autotalks

China's antitrust regulator has opened an investigation into Qualcomm's acquisition of Israeli connected-vehicle chip company Autotalks. The...

OpenAI acquires an AI-powered personal investing app

Just a day after dethroning SpaceX as the most valuable private company in the world, OpenAI has...

Evernote and WeTransfer owner Bending Spoons is set to buy Vimeo for $1.38 billion

Vimeo is set to get a new owner. Bending Spoons — the parent of Evernote, WeTransfer, Meetup...

Paramount reportedly wants to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, antitrust law be damned

Paramount Skydance, apparently now in a state of permanent merger, plans to make a bid to acquire...

T-Mobile now officially owns UScellular

T-Mobile has sealed the deal on its UScellular acquisition. In exchange for $4.3 billion, T-Mobile gets UScellular’s...

Google spends £3 billion on securing energy for its data centers and AI expansion

Google has closed a $3 billion deal to secure 3,000 megawatts of hydroelectric power, as it looks...