Acquisition

CoreWeave Buys Bitcoin Giant Core Scientific to Supercharge AI Data Centers

The merger, expected to close in Q4 2024, gives CoreWeave access to over 1.2 GW of power capacity.

Apple Top Exec Considers Buying Perplexity

Perplexity’s price tag would dwarf Apple’s $3 billion Beats deal from 2014.

Netgear Acquires Indian Cybersecurity Startup Exium to Boost Services for MSPs

Exium’s products and expertise will help to add an integrated Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform to NETGEAR’s robust network offering.

AMD Acquires AI Startup Brium to Challenge Nvidia’s Dominance

Brium specialises in optimising machine learning applications for inference—the process of running trained AI models—across diverse hardware platforms.

IBM Acquires Seek AI to Boost Enterprise Data Capabilities

Seek’s technology will now power Watsonx AI Labs—IBM’s new Manhattan-based AI accelerator.

Salesforce Acquires Moonhub to Bolster AI Hiring Capabilities

Salesforce has not disclosed the financial terms of the deal.

Snowflake Acquires Open Source PostgreSQL Startup Crunchy Data

The acquisition will lead to the development of Snowflake Postgres, a new offering