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Filings: Caterpillar acquires assets of autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor, after raising more than $200 million and struggling to pivot into software services (Sean O’Kane/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 15, 2026

Sean O’Kane / TechCrunch: Filings: Caterpillar acquires assets of autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor, after raising more than $200…

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OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for undisclosed amount; Hiro is stopping new registrations, will close its doors on April 20 and delete all data on May 13 (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 14, 2026

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for undisclosed amount; Hiro is stopping new registrations, will…

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OpenAI acquires technology news show TBPN; Fidji Simo says the move aims to “help create space for a real, constructive conversation about the changes created by AI” (Katie Deighton/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 2, 2026

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Yelp acquires Hatch, which charges monthly fees for AI-powered agents who can respond to customer inquiries and schedule appointments, for $300 million (Laura Mandaro/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 22, 2026

Laura Mandaro / The information: Yelp acquires Hatch, which charges monthly fees for AI-powered agents who can respond to customer…

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Mobileye acquires Israeli humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics in cash and stock deal valued at $900 million; Mentee was founded in 2022 and raised $50 million (Marissa Newman/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 6, 2026

Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: Mobileye acquires Israeli humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics in cash and stock deal valued at $900…

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Meta acquires Limitless, which makes a wearable pendant-like AI that records and transcribes real-world conversations; Limitless has raised more than $33 million (Echo Wang/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 5, 2025

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Goldman Sachs acquires ETF company Innovator Capital Management for $2 billion

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 1, 2025

David Solomon, managing director of Goldman Sachs.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGoldman Sachs announced Monday that it has agreed to…

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Nvidia acquires $2 billion in common stock from Synopsys, unveils strategic partnership to accelerate computing and AI engineering products, including deployment of CUDA (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 1, 2025

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Sinclair acquires stake in Scripps in merger

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 17, 2025

Signage is displayed outside the Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. headquarters in Cockeysville, Maryland, USAAndrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSinclair…

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Kraken acquires Small Exchange, a U.S.-licensed futures exchange, from IG Group for $32.5 million in cash and $67.5 million in Payward shares from parent company Kraken (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 16, 2025

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Source: Anthropic plans to spend around $200 billion on Google’s cloud and chips over five years, representing more than 40% of the "order book" Google disclosed last week (The Information)

OpenAI claims GPT-5.5 Instant produces 52.5% fewer wild claims "on high-stakes issues covering areas such as medicine, law and finance" (Megan Morrone/Axios)

Seattle-based CopilotKit, whose popular AG-UI protocol allows developers to deploy native AI agents for applications, raised a $27 million Series A round led by Glilot, NFX and SignalFire (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)

Microsoft Work Trends Index 2026: Survey of 20,000 AI users finds 65% worry about falling behind, but only 13% say they’re rewarded for experimenting with AI in the workplace (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on his plan to make Uber a multi-purpose app, Uber’s AI integrations, investing in self-driving cars, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Browsing: acquires

Filings: Caterpillar acquires assets of autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor, after raising more than $200 million and struggling to pivot into software services (Sean O’Kane/TechCrunch)

OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for undisclosed amount; Hiro is stopping new registrations, will close its doors on April 20 and delete all data on May 13 (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

OpenAI acquires technology news show TBPN; Fidji Simo says the move aims to “help create space for a real, constructive conversation about the changes created by AI” (Katie Deighton/Wall Street Journal)

Yelp acquires Hatch, which charges monthly fees for AI-powered agents who can respond to customer inquiries and schedule appointments, for $300 million (Laura Mandaro/The Information)

Mobileye acquires Israeli humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics in cash and stock deal valued at $900 million; Mentee was founded in 2022 and raised $50 million (Marissa Newman/Bloomberg)

Meta acquires Limitless, which makes a wearable pendant-like AI that records and transcribes real-world conversations; Limitless has raised more than $33 million (Echo Wang/Reuters)

Goldman Sachs acquires ETF company Innovator Capital Management for $2 billion

Nvidia acquires $2 billion in common stock from Synopsys, unveils strategic partnership to accelerate computing and AI engineering products, including deployment of CUDA (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Sinclair acquires stake in Scripps in merger

Kraken acquires Small Exchange, a U.S.-licensed futures exchange, from IG Group for $32.5 million in cash and $67.5 million in Payward shares from parent company Kraken (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)