Hacker News with Generative AI: Acquisitions

Sources Say Intel Is an Acquisition Target (semiaccurate.com)
About two months ago, SemiAccurate was read an email about a company trying to acquire Intel, whole. We have absolute faith in the accuracy of this email but it took months to confirm it.
Red Hat Woos VMware Shops with OpenShift Virtualization Engine (nextplatform.com)
Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware in November 2023 and the subsequent changes to venerable virtualization company’s business model and pricing have rankled many long-time enterprise users, a situation that has been highly publicized despite assertions by Broadcom and VMware executives that such reports are little than FUD – short for fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
Will the Linux Foundation Purchase Chrome? [video] (youtube.com)
Dbt Labs acquires SDF Labs (getdbt.com)
The TL;DR: today, I have the pleasure of announcing that dbt Labs has acquired SDF Labs. The two teams are already working side-by-side to bring SDF’s SQL comprehension technology into the hands of dbt users everywhere. SDF will be a massive upgrade to the very heart of the dbt user experience moving forward.
ByteDance considering selling TikTok to Elon Musk (cnbc.com)
eBay acquires Caramel to reduce risk and complexity of online car sales (techcrunch.com)
E-commerce giant eBay has announced plans to acquire Caramel, a startup that helps car sellers and buyers complete the final steps of the transaction — including verification, financing, paperwork, ownership transfer, insurance, and more.
Datadog acquires Quickwit (quickwit.io)
We are thrilled to announce that Quickwit is joining Datadog! We will be heads down building a new product with Datadog, so to ensure our open-source community can continue on, we will soon release a new version of Quickwit under the Apache License 2.0. Stay tuned!
Datadog acquires Quickwit (datadoghq.com)
To help our customers meet these requirements without sacrificing visibility or introducing multiple logging tools, we are pleased to announce that Quickwit—a popular open source distributed search engine—is joining Datadog.
Bench.co acquired after informing staff company was insolvent (bench.co)
Employer.com, a leader in workforce management and business support solutions, is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Bench Accounting, a premier provider of bookkeeping services and financial solutions for small businesses.
Nvidia's new year's surprise: a $700M software acquisition will be open source (fortune.com)
Nvidia’s new year’s surprise: a $700 million software acquisition will be open source
Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down (techcrunch.com)
Bench, the VC-backed accounting startup that left thousands of customers locked out of their accounts after it suddenly shut down last week, will be acquired by Employer.com for an undisclosed price in a last-minute deal, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down (techcrunch.com)
Bench, the VC-backed accounting startup that left thousands of customers locked out of their accounts after it suddenly shut down last week, will be acquired by Employer.com for an undisclosed price in a last-minute deal, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
Was zombie-Bench just acquired? (ycombinator.com)
Current landing page reads "Welcome Back More information on how to continue your services will be available tomorrow at 9am EST"<p>Digging a little deeper shows a banner that says "Exciting news! Bench has been acquired by Employer.com"<p>Exciting news indeed.
Xerox to acquire Lexmark (lexmark.com)
NORWALK, Conn., and LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 23, 2024 – Xerox Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: XRX) today announced it has agreed to acquire Lexmark International, Inc., from Ninestar Corporation, PAG Asia Capital, and Shanghai Shouda Investment Centre in a deal valued at $1.5 billion, inclusive of assumed liabilities.
As firms abandon VMware, Broadcom is laughing all the way to the bank (arstechnica.com)
Another company has publicly cut ties with Broadcom's VMware. This time, it's Ingram Micro, one of the world's biggest IT distributors. The announcement comes as Broadcom eyes services as a key part of maintaining VMware business in 2025. But even as some customers are reducing reliance on VMware, its trillion-dollar owner is laughing all the way to the bank.
Sonar to Acquire Tidelift, Scaling Open Source Maintainer Support (socket.dev)
Sonar, a code quality and security solutions company used by 7M developers, announced it will be acquiring Tidelift, in deal that highlights a growing emphasis on securing open source software.
Microsoft acquires twice as many Nvidia AI chips as tech rivals (ft.com)
Ingram Micro to 'stop doing business' with Broadcom, VMware 'limited engagement' (theregister.com)
Tech distribution behemoth Ingram Micro will stop doing business with Broadcom and its VMware range in many territories next year.
Grammarly Is Acquiring Coda (grammarly.com)
I am excited to share today that Grammarly agrees to acquire Coda, the maker of trailblazing and powerful AI productivity tools Coda Docs and Coda Brain. Our aim is to bring Coda’s intelligence and flexibility into the Grammarly experience to supercharge user productivity.
Cruise shutdown blastzone increases – Microsoft takes $800M charge (theregister.com)
Microsoft is among those in the blast radius of General Motors' decision to wind up its autonomous taxi business, Cruise.
CodeSandbox Acquired by Together AI (codesandbox.io)
We are starting a new chapter for CodeSandbox, building better tooling for our community.
Broadcom is making some major changes to stop VMware exodus (techradar.com)
Walmart buys vizio to use its TVs as a new way to blast you with ads (gizmodo.com)
All those Vizio TVs swarming the aisles inside of Walmarts across the globe will now be owned by Walmart itself. Walmart bought the TV maker Tuesday wholesale for a whopping $2.3 billion.
Deus Ex Truth Bomb Compilation – All 3 Games (reddit.com)
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Broadcom loses another big VMware customer (theregister.com)
Broadcom has lost another significant customer after UK-based cloud operator Beeks Group decided to adopt the open source OpenNebula stack.
Fathom Analytics has been acquired (usefathom.com)
The day has finally come. Fathom Analytics, a company we've been running since 2019, has been acquired. We will reveal why we sold, who acquired us, and Fathom's future.
Apple Tends to Do Right by Apps It Acquires (daringfireball.net)
My post this week about Shazam’s history got me thinking about Apple’s track record with acquired apps. Apple acquired Shazam in 2018, and soon integrated its capabilities into Siri. But they’ve also kept the Shazam app going, including the Android version. They even still have a standalone Shazam website.
Vercel acquires Grep (vercel.com)
Announcing the acquisition of Grep to further our mission of helping developers work and ship faster.
Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski Expresses Interest in Buying Google Chrome (twitter.com)
Sony in talks to buy owner Of Elden Ring developer FromSoftware (kotaku.com)
Reuters is reporting that Sony is in talks to buy Kadokawa Corporation, the company that owns FromSoftware, Spike Chunsoft and many other Japanese businesses.