Hacker News with Generative AI: Acquisitions

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 1 day 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

16 points by walterbell 2 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 3 days ago | 1 comments

Elon Musk sells X to his own xAI for $33B in all-stock deal (apnews.com)
Elon Musk has sold social media site X to his own xAI artificial intelligence company in a $33 billion all-stock deal, the billionaire announced on Friday.

Elon Musk, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Acquisitions, Social Media

6 points by achristmascarl 4 days ago | 4 comments

Dupe: Elon Musk's XAI Acquires X, Because of Course (wired.com)
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has acquired his social media platform X in an all-stock transaction that values the company at $33 billion, including $12 billion worth of debt, the centibillionaire announced Friday.

Artificial Intelligence, Acquisitions, Social Media, Elon Musk

4 points by nickthegreek 4 days ago | 1 comments

Ubisoft's $4B carveout sells Tencent a 25% stake in some of its biggest games (theverge.com)
Tencent will invest $1.3 billion in a new entity controlling Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six.

Gaming, Acquisitions, Investments, Tencent, Ubisoft

3 points by mfiguiere 4 days ago | 0 comments

Elon Musk says he sold X to his AI company (cnn.com)

Elon Musk, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Acquisitions

9 points by bilekas 4 days ago | 1 comments

Elon Musk's AI Company Acquires X in $45B Deal (hollywoodreporter.com)
Elon Musk said Friday that xAI, his artificial intelligence company, had acquired X in an all-stock transaction that values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45 billion, his original take-private price, minus $12 billion in debt).

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Acquisitions, Social Media, Elon Musk

10 points by stephenheron 4 days ago | 1 comments

XAI has acquired X in deal that values social media site at $33B (cnbc.com)

Acquisitions, Social Media, Technology, Business

13 points by jbredeche 4 days ago | 1 comments

Elon Musk's xAI buys Elon Musk's X for $33B on paper (theverge.com)
A couple of years after buying Twitter, Elon Musk announced that his AI business xAI has acquired the social media platform that’s now known as X.

Elon Musk, Social Media, Acquisitions, Artificial Intelligence

20 points by amrrs 4 days ago | 3 comments

Elon Musk says xAI acquired X (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, has acquired his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, he announced in a post on X Friday.

Elon Musk, AI, Social Media, Acquisitions

12 points by coloneltcb 4 days ago | 1 comments

xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Artificial Intelligence, Acquisitions, Valuation

791 points by rvz 4 days ago | 1256 comments

Ubisoft Spins Off AssassinsCreed,FarCry,Rainbow 6, Backed by $1.25B from Tencent (variety.com)
In a surprise move, Ubisoft is spinning off some of its top franchises, including “Assassin’s Creed,” “Far Cry” and “Rainbow Six” into a new subsidiary.

Gaming, Acquisitions, Ubisoft, Tencent, Business

11 points by homarp 5 days ago | 3 comments

Oblivus Is Acquired by Skyportal (oblivus.com)
Oblivus is now part of Skyportal - NVIDIA H200s now available and GB200s coming soon. Contact us!

Acquisitions, Cloud Computing, NVIDIA, Hardware

23 points by thomcrowe 7 days ago | 5 comments

Napster pioneered music sharing over 25 years ago. It just got bought for $207M (cnbc.com)

Music Industry, Technology, Acquisitions, History

11 points by alexrustic 8 days ago | 4 comments

Yahoo is selling TechCrunch to private equity firm Regent (techcrunch.com)
If you haven’t heard the news, TechCrunch has a shiny new home.

Tech, Acquisitions, Private Equity, Media

89 points by Garbage 11 days ago | 28 comments

Yahoo Is Selling TechCrunch (theverge.com)
TechCrunch has a new owner, again. Yahoo has sold the tech news site to the private equity firm Regent for an undisclosed sum, according to an announcement on Friday.

Tech News, Acquisitions, Private Equity

8 points by spatten 11 days ago | 1 comments

Bending Spoons acquires komoot (yahoo.com)
Technology company Bending Spoons today announced that it has closed the acquisition of komoot, the Germany-based route-planning platform for adventurers and outdoor enthusiasts worldwide.

Technology, Acquisitions, Outdoor Recreation, Germany, Route Planning

10 points by pil0u 13 days ago | 3 comments

Nvidia Bets Big on Synthetic Data (wired.com)
Nvidia has acquired synthetic data firm Gretel for nine figures, according to two people with direct knowledge of the deal.

Artificial Intelligence, Data, Business, Acquisitions

8 points by kordlessagain 13 days ago | 0 comments

SoftBank Group to Acquire Ampere Computing for 6.5B (group.softbank)
(TOKYO, Japan) and (Santa Clara, CA) – SoftBank Group Corp. (TSE: 9984, “SoftBank Group”) today announced that it will acquire Ampere® Computing, a leading independent silicon design company, in an all-cash transaction valued at $6.5 billion.

Acquisitions, Semiconductor, Cloud Computing, Technology, Business

242 points by geerlingguy 13 days ago | 128 comments

SoftBank to acquire chip designer Ampere in $6.5B deal (cnbc.com)

Acquisitions, Technology, Semiconductors, Finance

26 points by pinewurst 13 days ago | 5 comments

Nvidia Bets Big on Synthetic Data (wired.com)
Nvidia has acquired synthetic data firm Gretel for nine figures, according to two people with direct knowledge of the deal.

Nvidia, Synthetic Data, Acquisitions, Artificial Intelligence, Business

3 points by nickthegreek 14 days ago | 0 comments

BigCo needs to buy SmallerCo to do anything interesting (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Business, Acquisitions, Twitter

25 points by tosh 14 days ago | 3 comments

Google announces agreement to acquire Wiz (google)
Google LLC today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wiz, Inc., a leading cloud security platform headquartered in New York, for $32 billion, subject to closing adjustments, in an all-cash transaction.

Acquisitions, Cloud Security, Technology, Business, Google

221 points by thecybernerd 15 days ago | 5 comments

Deal done: Google parent Alphabet agrees to buy Wiz for $32B (ft.com)
Google parent Alphabet agrees to buy cyber security group Wiz for $32bn

Acquisitions, Technology, Cybersecurity, Business

11 points by jmsflknr 15 days ago | 9 comments

Alphabet in Talks to Buy Cloud Security Firm Wiz for $33B (bloomberg.com)
Alphabet Inc. is in talks to purchase cloud-security company Wiz Inc. for $33 billion, restarting discussions that were called off last summer after extended negotiations, according to people familiar with the matter.

Alphabet, Cloud Security, Acquisitions, Business, Technology

59 points by JumpCrisscross 15 days ago | 37 comments

ClickHouse acquires HyperDX: The future of open-source observability (clickhouse.com)
We are thrilled to announce that ClickHouse has acquired HyperDX, a fully open-source observability platform built on top of ClickHouse. This move reinforces our commitment to delivering the fastest, most cost-effective, and scalable observability platform to developers and enterprises worldwide. By integrating HyperDX's powerful UI and session replay capabilities with ClickHouse’s industry-leading database performance, we’re taking open-source observability to the next level.

Open Source, Observability, Acquisitions, Databases, ClickHouse

37 points by bboreham 20 days ago | 2 comments

Pokemon Go developer sold to Saudi Arabian-owned Scopely for $3.5B (nianticlabs.com)
Today we’re announcing changes at Niantic that will set us on a bold new course.

Gaming, Acquisitions, Saudi Arabia

13 points by brandrick 21 days ago | 0 comments

Pokémon Go developer Niantic to sell gaming business to Saudi group (theverge.com)
Niantic Labs has announced that it’s selling its video game division to Saudi Arabia-owned mobile developer Scopely for $3.5 billion after struggling to replicate the success of Pokémon Go across its other AR games.

Gaming, Acquisitions, Saudi Arabia, Mobile Games

7 points by donohoe 21 days ago | 0 comments

Thirty years ago, on March first, 1995, Craig Newmark sent a simple email (gardinercolin.com)
Amazon Surpasses Walmart, Prosus Buys Just Eat Takeaway.com, Booking.com hits $165.6B GBV, David's Bridal to Build a Marketplace and Much More!

E-commerce, Business, Acquisitions, Marketplaces

11 points by predogger 21 days ago | 2 comments