Hacker News with Generative AI: Acquisitions

Yahoo Wants to Buy Chrome (theverge.com)
Legacy search brand Yahoo has been working on its own web browser prototype, and says it would like to buy Google’s Chrome if the company is forced by a court to sell it.
Web Browsers, Technology, Business, Acquisitions
25 points by pier25 1 day ago | 13 comments
Acquisitions, consolidation, and innovation in AI (frontierai.substack.com)
The rumors of OpenAI potentially acquiring Windsurf last week triggered a whole round of new takes on the internet: concerns about moving up into the application layer, fears of widespread consolidation, and our perennial favorite, concerns about the demise of all AI application startups when OpenAI inevitably creates super-intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence, Acquisitions, Consolidation
83 points by pfarago 1 day ago | 38 comments
Hugging Face to sell open-source robots thanks to Pollen Robotics acquisition (huggingface.co)
Robotics, Open Source, Acquisitions, Artificial Intelligence
10 points by saeedesmaili 3 days ago | 1 comments
OpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an "AI-first" experience (arstechnica.com)
OpenAI would love to own Chrome, and it's allegedly not alone.
OpenAI, Chrome, Artificial Intelligence, Browsers, Acquisitions
150 points by pseudolus 3 days ago | 215 comments
Boeing sold its digital business to Thoma Bravo for 10B (nytimes.com)
Boeing announced on Tuesday that it would sell a handful of navigation, flight planning and other businesses for more than $10.5 billion as the company works to refocus on manufacturing planes and other aircraft.
Boeing, Acquisitions, Aerospace, Business, Finance
22 points by vincentchau 3 days ago | 3 comments
Why is OpenAI buying Windsurf? (theahura.substack.com)
The quiet news of the last few days was the leak/announcement of a $3 billion OpenAI acquisition of Windsurf.
OpenAI, Acquisitions, AI, Technology, Business
241 points by theahura 6 days ago | 222 comments
OpenAI, Windsurf, and the Future of Work (subtle.so)
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to buy Windsurf for $3 billion. They tried to buy Cursor last year too, according to CNBC.
OpenAI, Acquisitions, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Technology
15 points by subtlesoftware 6 days ago | 4 comments
Italian coffee pot maker Bialetti to be sold to Chinese business NUO Capital (theguardian.com)
Bialetti, the Italian manufacturer of the famed stove-top moka coffee pot, has struck a deal to sell the business to an investment vehicle owned by a Chinese tycoon.
Business, Acquisitions, China, Italy, Coffee
11 points by ValentineC 7 days ago | 1 comments
OpenAI looked at buying Cursor creator before turning to Windsurf (cnbc.com)
OpenAI, Acquisitions, Technology, Startups, Artificial Intelligence
130 points by mfiguiere 9 days ago | 116 comments
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to buy Windsurf for $3B (techcrunch.com)
Windsurf, the maker of a popular AI coding assistant, is in talks to be acquired by OpenAI for about $3 billion, Bloomberg reported.
Artificial Intelligence, Acquisitions, OpenAI, Technology, Startups
4 points by cheptsov 9 days ago | 1 comments
OpenAI in talks to acquire Windsurf for ~$3B (cnbc.com)
OpenAI, Acquisitions, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Business
8 points by craneca0 9 days ago | 5 comments
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to buy Codeium for $3B (techcrunch.com)
Codeium, the maker of a popular AI coding assistant tool Windsurf, is in talks to be acquired by OpenAI for about $3 billion, Bloomberg reported.
OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Acquisitions, Software, Coding Tools
6 points by spankalee 9 days ago | 0 comments
OpenAI in talks to pay about $3B to acquire startup Windsurf (cnbc.com)
OpenAI, Acquisitions, Startups, AI
5 points by kjhughes 9 days ago | 1 comments
OpenAI in Talks to Buy Windsurf for About $3B (bloomberg.com)
OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf, an artificial intelligence-assisted coding tool formerly known as Codeium, for about $3 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Artificial Intelligence, Acquisitions, OpenAI, Technology, Business
60 points by mfiguiere 9 days ago | 44 comments
Lyft to buy taxi app Free Now for $200M to expand into Europe (cnbc.com)
Transportation, Acquisitions, Europe, Business
20 points by edward 10 days ago | 2 comments
Figma confidentially files for US IPO after $20B Adobe deal collapse (marketscreener.com)
Cloud-based designer platform Figma on Tuesday confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States, more than a year after a $20 billion deal to be acquired by Adobe was shelved due to regulatory roadblocks.
IPO, Business, Acquisitions, Technology, Software
23 points by swyx 10 days ago | 4 comments
Notion's Lies Sunsetting Skiff Mail (ycombinator.com)
With the announcement of "Notion Mail", here's a reminder that after Notion acquired Skiff Mail in early 2024, their entire product line was sunset and, despite promising[1][2] email forwarding and support would remain functional until 2025 for trapped users that couldn't immediately access their accounts, both turned out to be complete lies.
Notion, Email, Privacy, Acquisitions, Software
24 points by notioned 10 days ago | 2 comments
Meta faces antitrust claims at trial over Instagram and WhatsApp ownership (theguardian.com)
Facebook parent Meta Platforms faces a high-stakes trial in Washington starting on Monday on claims it built an illegal social media monopoly by spending billions of dollars to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp, in a case in which US antitrust enforcers seek to unwind the deals.
Antitrust, Social Media, Facebook, Acquisitions, Lawsuits
6 points by c420 12 days ago | 0 comments
Wiz's $32B GTM Playbook (cybersecuritypulse.net)
Google just acquired Wiz for $32B, 5 years after it’s founding. If you haven’t been watching closely, you may be asking yourself “How on earth did they achieve that?”. It’s an unprecedented, historic feat that will be talked about and studied for decades.
Cybersecurity, Acquisitions, Business, Technology
74 points by baxtr 12 days ago | 63 comments
Arroyo (YC W23) has been acquired by Cloudflare (arroyo.dev)
Arroyo has been acquired by Cloudflare to bring serverless SQL stream processing to the Cloudflare Developer Platfrorm, integrated with Queues, Workers, and R2. The Arroyo Engine will remain open-source and self-hostable.
Cloud Computing, Acquisitions, Open Source, Serverless Computing
113 points by necubi 16 days ago | 38 comments
Cloudflare Acquires Outerbase (cloudflare.com)
I’m thrilled to share that Cloudflare has acquired Outerbase.
Cloud Computing, Acquisitions, Security
59 points by soheilpro 18 days ago | 12 comments
The End of Sierra as We Knew It, Part 1: The Acquisition (filfre.net)
At the beginning of 1996, Sierra On-Line was still basking in the success of the previous summer’s Phantasmagoria, the best-selling game it had ever published.
Gaming, History, Acquisitions
286 points by cybersoyuz 21 days ago | 115 comments
Tell HN: Pocket (acquired by Moz) only works with FF now (ycombinator.com)
They've pulled their browser extensions and integrations except for Firefox.
Web Browsers, Firefox, Acquisitions, Software, Tech News
13 points by anon6362 22 days ago | 18 comments
Amazon submits bid for TikTok as ban deadline nears (cnbc.com)
Amazon, TikTok, Acquisitions, Technology, Business
8 points by Element_ 23 days ago | 1 comments
Andreessen Horowitz in talks to help buy out TikTok's Chinese owners (ft.com)
Venture Capital, Social Media, China, Acquisitions
6 points by doom2 23 days ago | 2 comments
Amazon Submits Bid for TikTok with US Sale Deadline Nearing (bloomberg.com)
Days before an April 5 deadline for TikTok to find a buyer or get shut out of its biggest market, the list of potential outcomes for the video app got a lot longer.
Acquisitions, Social Media, Business, TikTok, China
56 points by frutiger 23 days ago | 84 comments
Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S. (nytimes.com)
Amazon has put in a last-minute bid to acquire all of TikTok, the popular video app, as it approaches an April deadline to be separated from its Chinese owner or face a ban in the United States, according to three people familiar with the bid.
Amazon, TikTok, Acquisitions, Social Media, US Politics
20 points by coloneltcb 24 days ago | 9 comments
Ketchup Entertainment Acquires 'Coyote vs. Acme' from Warner Bros (rollingstone.com)
Wile E. Coyote’s legal battle with the Acme Corporation, accused of sabotaging his skirmishes with the Road Runner by way of faulty products, is heading to court as Coyote vs. Acme finally heads to movie theaters.
Entertainment, Movies, Acquisitions, Warner Bros
7 points by dannyphantom 25 days ago | 1 comments
China Halts Panama Port Sale to BlackRock (gcaptain.com)
Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison, led by tycoon Li Ka-shing, will not sign a deal next week to sell its two strategic ports at the Panama Canal to a BlackRock-led group, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday.
China, Panama Canal, Acquisitions, Investment, Finance
17 points by walterbell 26 days ago | 0 comments
Elon Musk Merges AI with X: Implications (katherinewrites.com)
Elon Musk has announced today that his artificial intelligence company, xAI, has acquired X (formerly Twitter) in an all-stock transaction valued at $33 billion, with xAI's valuation reaching $80 billion (xAI was valued at around $50 billion in a financing round last year and according to Bloomberg, last month the company was in talks to raise funds at a $75 billion valuation).
Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Business, Acquisitions
8 points by slothsinc 27 days ago | 1 comments