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Sources: Software private equity firm Hg agrees to acquire Rightsline, whose software helps Disney, BBC, WBD and others manage IP licensing, for $500 million (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 27, 2026

Financial Times: Sources: Software private equity firm Hg agrees to acquire Rightsline, whose software helps Disney, BBC, WBD and others…

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Lattice Semiconductor agrees to acquire AMI for $1.65 billion in cash and stock; Georgia-based AMI offers firmware and infrastructure management for cloud and AI (Mike Rogoway/Oregonian)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 4, 2026

Mike Rogoway / Oregonian: Lattice Semiconductor agrees to acquire AMI for $1.65 billion in cash and stock; Georgia-based AMI offers…

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Palo Alto Networks agrees to acquire Portkey, which develops AI gateway technology to manage and secure AI agents; sources say the deal values Portkey at between $120 million and $140 million (The Economic Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 3, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Missed User Growth, Musk vs. Altman, Prediction Market Ban The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Cognizant agrees to acquire Astreya, which helps manage data center infrastructure, AI lab environments and enterprise networks, for about $600 million, expected to close in the second quarter (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 29, 2026

Reuters: Cognizant agrees to acquire Astreya, which helps manage data center infrastructure, AI lab environments and enterprise networks, for approximately…

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Eli Lilly to acquire cancer drugmaker Kelonia for up to $7 billion

By Stacey D. WallsApril 20, 2026

Elie Lilly will acquire biotechnology company Kelonia Therapeutics in a deal worth up to $7 billion, the company announced Monday.Lilly…

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Eli Lilly to acquire Centessa and sleep disorder drugs

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 31, 2026

Dave Ricks, Chairman and CEO of Lilly, speaks during a press conference for Eli Lilly and Company in Houston, Texas,…

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Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500 million in 2025, compared to $3.5 billion in 2021 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

Featured Podcasts Pod BG2: ChatGPT – The era of super assistants Open source podcast about all things technology, markets, investing,…

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Zendesk agrees to acquire Forethought, which makes AI-based customer support software, for an undisclosed amount; Forethought raised $115 million (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: Zendesk agrees to acquire Forethought, which makes AI-based customer support software, for an undisclosed amount; Forensight…

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Anduril agrees to acquire missile defense modeling company ExoAnalytic for an undisclosed amount and says the deal will increase its space unit’s personnel from 120 to ~250 (Sana Pashankar/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 11, 2026

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: Matt Belloni on the Oscars, the Ellisons and Hollywood’s next chapter Media and technology…

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Sources: Sequoia’s Ravi Gupta and former Meta CRO John Hegeman seek to raise more than $1 billion for a holding company to acquire at least one company and infuse it with new technology (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 10, 2026

Bloomberg: Sources: Sequoia’s Ravi Gupta and former Meta CRO John Hegeman are seeking to raise more than $1 billion for…

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Raspberry Pi closed up more than 27% on June 5 after saying it expected first-half adjusted EBITDA of at least $38 million, which would put it on track to beat the full-year estimate of $42 million (Financial Times)

FOIA documents reveal Amazon’s extensive control over delivery drivers it says are not employees, in a case the NLRB sought to settle on terms favorable to Amazon (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg)

Kalshi and Polymarket sponsored X-rated publications promoting viral conspiracy theories about Los Angeles mayoral election fraud; Kalshi says he asked his paid influencers to delete posts (Max Tani/Semafor)

Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to integrate AI into the healthcare system, including an FDA fast-track regulatory process for digital health technologies such as AI chatbots (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)

Browsing: acquire

Sources: Software private equity firm Hg agrees to acquire Rightsline, whose software helps Disney, BBC, WBD and others manage IP licensing, for $500 million (Financial Times)

Lattice Semiconductor agrees to acquire AMI for $1.65 billion in cash and stock; Georgia-based AMI offers firmware and infrastructure management for cloud and AI (Mike Rogoway/Oregonian)

Palo Alto Networks agrees to acquire Portkey, which develops AI gateway technology to manage and secure AI agents; sources say the deal values Portkey at between $120 million and $140 million (The Economic Times)

Cognizant agrees to acquire Astreya, which helps manage data center infrastructure, AI lab environments and enterprise networks, for about $600 million, expected to close in the second quarter (Reuters)

Eli Lilly to acquire cancer drugmaker Kelonia for up to $7 billion

Eli Lilly to acquire Centessa and sleep disorder drugs

Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500 million in 2025, compared to $3.5 billion in 2021 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Zendesk agrees to acquire Forethought, which makes AI-based customer support software, for an undisclosed amount; Forethought raised $115 million (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Anduril agrees to acquire missile defense modeling company ExoAnalytic for an undisclosed amount and says the deal will increase its space unit’s personnel from 120 to ~250 (Sana Pashankar/Bloomberg)

Sources: Sequoia’s Ravi Gupta and former Meta CRO John Hegeman seek to raise more than $1 billion for a holding company to acquire at least one company and infuse it with new technology (Bloomberg)