Hacker News with Generative AI: Acquisitions

Amazon MGM Studios will gain creative control of the James Bond franchise (aboutamazon.com)
Amazon MGM Studios, Michael G. Wilson, and Barbara Broccoli today announced that they have formed a new joint venture to house the James Bond intellectual property rights, and those parties will remain co-owners of the franchise.

Amazon, James Bond, Film, Entertainment, Acquisitions

46 points by croes 4 hours ago | 75 comments

'Pokémon Go' Maker Nears $3.5B Deal to Sell Games Unit (bloomberg.com)
Niantic Inc., the company behind the 2016 hit Pokémon Go, is in talks to sell its video-game business to Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely Inc., according to several people familiar with the discussions.

Video Games, Business, Acquisitions, Saudi Arabia

21 points by bookofjoe 1 day ago | 12 comments

Pokémon Go Maker Niantic in Talks to Sell Games Unit to Scopely (bloomberg.com)
Niantic Inc., the company behind the 2016 hit Pokémon Go, is in talks to sell its video-game business to Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely Inc., according to several people familiar with the discussions.

Gaming, Acquisitions, Saudi Arabia

6 points by tlyleung 2 days ago | 2 comments

HP Acquires Humane's AI Software (humane.com)
Palo Alto, CA, February 18, 2025 – HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) announced a definitive agreement to acquire key AI capabilities from Humane, including their AI-powered platform Cosmos, highly skilled technical talent, and intellectual property with more than 300 patents and patent applications. The acquisition advances HP’s transformation into a more experience-led company.

Artificial Intelligence, Acquisitions, Technology, Software

267 points by colesantiago 2 days ago | 274 comments

HP to Acquire Parts of Humane for $116M (bloomberg.com)
HP Inc. will acquire assets from Humane Inc., the maker of a wearable Ai Pin introduced in late 2023, for $116 million.

Acquisitions, Hardware, Wearables, Artificial Intelligence, Technology

46 points by quadrige 2 days ago | 20 comments

Japan Perfected 7-Eleven. Why can't the US get it right? (bloomberg.com)
Owner Seven & i has tried for years to upgrade the chain’s reputation in the US. Now, a rival Canadian retailer is betting $47 billion that it can do a better job.

Japan, Convenience Stores, Retail, Business, Acquisitions

12 points by nohuck13 3 days ago | 2 comments

How Unfair Is the Coin: Lessons from Building a Biotech Startup (ankitg.me)
I’m reviving my blog after some time away — it’s been an eventful 12 months. In February 2024, Reverie Labs, the startup I co-founded in 2017, was acquired by Ginkgo Bioworks. I’m now on leave from Ginkgo and I’ve joined Y Combinator as a Visiting Partner, giving me the chance to work with the next generation of companies. Especially in this new role, I’ve been thinking a bit about what worked, what didn’t work, and what lessons I can take forward.

Biotechnology, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Acquisitions

5 points by chaosprint 3 days ago | 0 comments

OpenAI Board Rejects Musk's $97.4B Bid (bloomberg.com)
OpenAI’s board of directors has formally rejected an offer from a group of investors led by Elon Musk to buy the nonprofit that controls the artificial intelligence company for $97.4 billion.

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Acquisitions, Elon Musk

12 points by TeaBrain 6 days ago | 8 comments

Musk-led group makes $97.4B bid for ChatGPT maker OpenAI (bbc.com)
A consortium of investors led by Elon Musk offered $97.4bn to take over OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Technology, Acquisitions, Elon Musk

9 points by john-titor 10 days ago | 5 comments

SoftBank could soon buy Renee James' Ampere chip company for about $6.5B (techcrunch.com)
Ampere, the semiconductor business founded by former Intel exec Renee James, is reportedly on the cusp of selling itself to SoftBank — the latest in an ongoing saga over the company’s future ownership.

Semiconductors, Acquisitions, SoftBank, Intel

10 points by cjdrake 11 days ago | 3 comments

Intel ruined an Israeli startup it bought for $2B–and lost the AI race (calcalistech.com)
In December 2020, Amazon announced with great fanfare that it would use Gaudi chips from the small Israeli startup Habana Labs to train its large language models (LLMs) in the cloud.

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Israel, Acquisitions, Cloud Computing

98 points by danielklnstn 11 days ago | 73 comments

SoftBank Nears Deal to Acquire Chip Designer Ampere (yahoo.com)
SoftBank Group Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire Ampere Computing LLC, people familiar with the matter said.

Acquisitions, Technology, Semiconductors

5 points by cjdrake 15 days ago | 0 comments

Texas Tempts Meta (bloomberg.com)
If you are a shareholder of a public company, how would you like that company to be run? Here are two options:

Meta, Texas, Business, Technology, Acquisitions

15 points by feross 17 days ago | 5 comments

Walmart Bought Vizio (theverge.com)
After announcing plans to acquire Vizio in February, Walmart officially owns the company after the $2.3 billion transaction closed on Tuesday.

Acquisitions, Retail, Consumer Electronics

15 points by LorenDB 27 days ago | 1 comments

Everstone acquires bootstrapped Indian startup Wingify for $200M (techcrunch.com)
Private equity firm Everstone is acquiring a majority stake in Wingify, one of India’s first bootstrapped SaaS success stories, for about $200 million, three sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.

Acquisitions, Startups, India, SaaS, Private Equity

3 points by anshulbhide 28 days ago | 1 comments

Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today (ycombinator.com)

Startups, Acquisitions, Success Stories

2246 points by paraschopra 28 days ago | 396 comments

Some shareholders of A16Z-backed Divvy Homes may not see a dime from $1B sale (techcrunch.com)
The $1 billion acquisition of rent-to-own startup Divvy Homes, which was announced Wednesday, is expected to leave some shareholders without a payout, according to sources familiar with the deal.

Startups, Acquisitions, Finance, Real Estate

6 points by orangechairs 28 days ago | 2 comments

Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok (techcrunch.com)
With a TikTok ban looming in the United States, Perplexity AI is the latest bidder hoping to give the video app a new corporate home.

Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Acquisitions, TikTok, United States

117 points by ipster_io 33 days ago | 133 comments

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.

Acquisitions, Intel, Semiconductors

21 points by monkeydust 34 days ago | 21 comments

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.

Virtualization, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Cloud Computing, Acquisitions

119 points by rbanffy 35 days ago | 72 comments

Will the Linux Foundation Purchase Chrome? [video] (youtube.com)

Linux Foundation, Chrome, Acquisitions, Operating Systems, Technology

4 points by jarsin 37 days ago | 1 comments

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.

Software, Data Science, Acquisitions, Data Pipelines

109 points by karakanb 37 days ago | 48 comments

ByteDance considering selling TikTok to Elon Musk (cnbc.com)

ByteDance, Elon Musk, Social Media, Acquisitions, Business

7 points by xdfg13345 37 days ago | 4 comments

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.

E-commerce, Acquisitions, Automotive, Finance

3 points by ryan_j_naughton 38 days ago | 0 comments

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!

Acquisitions, Open Source, Software, Cloud Monitoring

296 points by lrx 42 days ago | 115 comments

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.

Acquisitions, Open Source, Search Engines, Monitoring, Software

17 points by louis-paul 42 days ago | 2 comments

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.

Acquisitions, Business, Finance, Accounting, Startups

80 points by IG_Semmelweiss 51 days ago | 43 comments

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

Nvidia, Open Source, Acquisitions, Software, Technology

4 points by aard 51 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Acquisitions, Startups, Accounting, Business

10 points by marban 52 days ago | 3 comments

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.

Startups, Acquisitions, Accounting

107 points by Nelkins 52 days ago | 80 comments