eBay is buying Depop from Etsy for $1.2 billion
Wayne Williams / betanews - eBay has announced plans to acquire fashion resale marketplace Depop from Etsy in a cash deal worth about $1.2 billion, expanding its reach in secondhand fashion and strengthening its position with younger buyers. Depop, a mobile-first marketplace known f…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 19384 / 6 stories in 16 days
NVIDIA Sells Remaining $140 Million Stake in Arm, Keeps Licensing Ties
techpowerup - Once a target of the largest industry acquisition that was halted by market regulators, NVIDIA has officially divested all its holdings in Arm Holdings PLC by selling 1.1 million shares, valued at about $140 million at the time of writing. Importantly, th…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 6:21 am / permalink 19345 / 5 stories in 16 days
Palo Alto Networks acquires file security startup Koi for reported $400M
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Palo Alto Networks Inc. is acquiring Koi Security Ltd., a startup that helps enterprises prevent their employees from downloading risky files. The companies announced the deal today without disclosing the financial terms. According to Calcalist, the trans…
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 11:21 pm / permalink 19336 / 9 stories in 17 days
WBD Board Rejects Latest Paramount Bid, Gives Company a Week to Submit ‘Best and Final’ Offer
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Warner Bros. Discovery’s board of directors has rejected Paramount Skydance’s latest “sweetened” $108.4 billion acquisition offer, telling the David Ellison-led company it has one week to submit a “best and final” offer on its existing $30-per-share all-c…
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 19303 / 5 stories in 17 days
Bitcoin treasury company Nakamoto to acquire BTC Inc and UTXO in $107 million all-stock deal
Francisco Rodrigues / coindesk - Some reacted with concerns about dilution for existing shareholders due to the stock price decline and the related-party nature of the transaction.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 19294 / 3 stories in 17 days
How Ford is building more efficient EV batteries with help from a tiny charging startup it bought 2 years ago
Kristin Toussaint / fastcompany - When it comes to EVs, a bigger battery isn’t always better. Ford Motor Company is making that bet as part of its effort to manufacture a new suite of more affordable electric vehicles—beginning with a $30,000-starting-price mid-size electric truck set to …
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 11:20 am / permalink 19291 / 5 stories in 17 days
Mistral AI secures its first acquisition with Koyeb
Erik van Klinken / techzine - French AI company Mistral AI announced its first acquisition today. The company will purchase serverless cloud provider Koyeb, also from France, aiming to enhance its compute infrastructure and support its growing portfolio of AI services. Mistral AI has …
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 19285 / 6 stories in 17 days
OpenClaw Founder Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI for AI Agents
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI has hired OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger to lead autonomous AI agent development as CEO Sam Altman advances the company's multi-agent vision.The post OpenClaw Founder Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI for AI Agents appeared first on WinBuzzer.
- Industry sprint: rival agents, infrastructure and startups racing (20)
- On the ground: OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger (5)
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- Other: research findings and critiques lingering around agents (1)
Industry sprint: rival agents, infrastructure and startups racing
On the ground: OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger
On-site: malware and misbehaving agents threaten OpenClaw users
Other: research findings and critiques lingering around agents
Back to Top / Monday, February 16, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 19251 / 32 stories in 18 days
OpenClaw Creator Gets Big Offers to Acquire AI Sensation—Will It Stay Open Source?
Jose Antonio Lanz / decrypt - Peter Steinberger's open-source AI agent OpenClaw hit 180,000 GitHub stars and spawned MoltBook chaos. Now Meta and OpenAI want to buy it, but he's determined to keep it free.
- Critics, geopolitics and skepticism shadow OpenClaw saga (5)
- OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator amid billion-dollar bids (15)
- OpenClaw viral boom sparks Mac Unified Memory buying frenzy (2)
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Back to Top / Sunday, February 15, 2026, 3:20 pm / permalink 19211 / 26 stories in 19 days
Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Chief
David McCabe / nytimes - Her departure comes after months of mounting tension over her division’s work to determine whether companies violated antitrust laws.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 19082 / 11 stories in 22 days
Apple acquires all rights to Severance, will produce future seasons in-house
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The show is expected to run for four seasons, with the possibility of spin-offs, a prequel, and foreign versions.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 10:37 am / permalink 19067 / 5 stories in 22 days
xAI Cofounder Tony Wu Resigns Days After $1.25 Trillion SpaceX Merger
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Tony Wu resigned from xAI on Monday, becoming at least the fifth cofounder to leave Musk's AI startup. His exit comes days after SpaceX acquired xAI in a $1.25 trillion deal.
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- Widespread co-founder exodus (7)
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Back to Top / Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 18986 / 14 stories in 24 days
MrBeast’s company buys Gen Z-focused fintech app Step
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - YouTube megastar MrBeast announced on Monday that his company, Beast Industries, is buying Step, a teen-focused banking app.
Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 18957 / 8 stories in 25 days
AI.com sells for $70 million in record-breaking domain deal
Wayne Williams / betanews - AI.com has been sold for $70 million, setting a new record for domain name transactions. The sale more than doubles the previous $30 million benchmark and reflects the growing value placed on short, category-defining internet addresses tied to artificial …
Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 18952 / 5 stories in 25 days
Eli Lilly (LLY) Stock Acquires Orna Therapeutics for Up to $2.4 Billion
Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Eli Lilly (LLY) announced a deal to buy Orna Therapeutics for up to $2.4 billion in cash to expand its cell therapy capabilities. Orna’s lead asset ORN-252 uses circular RNA technology to create CAR-T therapies inside patients’ bodies for autoimmune …
Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 11:22 am / permalink 18943 / 3 stories in 25 days
Uber to buy delivery arm of Turkey’s Getir
Ram Iyer / techcrunch - The deal will see Uber paying $335 million at the outset to purchase Getir's food delivery business. Uber will also pay $100 million for a 15% stake in Getir's grocery, retail and water delivery business.
Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 18939 / 4 stories in 25 days
UK- and Spain-based sustainability data platform Dcycle acquires Germany’s ESG-X to accelerate DACH expansion
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - Dcycle, a UK and Madrid-based sustainability data management platform, today announced the acquisition of ESG-X, a Munich-based software company specialising in AI-powered sustainability reporting solutions, to expand its presence in the DACH region. The …
Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 1:20 am / permalink 18918 / 3 stories in 26 days
Crypto.com Founder Buys AI.com in ‘Largest Domain Purchase in History’
Bruce Gil / gizmodo - Is this what a frothy bubble looks like?
Back to Top / Friday, February 6, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 18852 / 6 stories in 28 days
Salesforce Shelves Heroku
msmash / slashdot - Salesforce is essentially shutting down Heroku as an evolving product, moving the cloud platform that helped define modern app deployment to a "sustaining engineering model" focused entirely on stability, security and support. Existing customers on credit…
Back to Top / Friday, February 6, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 18850 / 4 stories in 28 days
Spotify-backed Soundtrack acquires Tunify and Ambie to combine local expertise with global scale
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Soundtrack Technologies has acquired Tunify, a B2B music provider operating in Belgium and the Netherlands, along with Ambie, a UK-based background music service focused on the hospitality sector. Ambie’s client base includes global brands such as Rocco F…
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