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Alphabet agrees to acquire data center company Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash, plus existing debt, as part of its efforts to expand its AI data center footprint (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 22, 2025

Bloomberg: Alphabet agrees to acquire data center company Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash, plus its existing debt, as part…

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A group of private equity firms led by Permira and Warburg Pincus agrees to buy Clearwater Analytics, in a deal valuing the financial software maker at $8.4 billion, including debt (Ryan Gould/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 21, 2025

Ryan Gould / Bloomberg: A group of private equity firms led by Permira and Warburg Pincus agrees to buy Clearwater…

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data center contracts reached $61 billion globally in 2025; debt issuance nearly doubled year-over-year to $182 billion, with Meta raising $62 billion in debt since 2022, about 50% of that in 2025 (April Roach/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 20, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI’s potential, Google’s fast model and co-pilot encounter turbulence The Big Technology Podcast takes you…

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U.S. BNPL usage has grown to 91.5 million users, 25% of whom finance groceries, as default rates accelerate and most loans go unreported, creating ‘phantom debt’ (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 17, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The Godmother of AI on jobs, robots and why the world’s models are next | Dr.…

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Tech companies including Meta and xAI are using SPVs to raise tens of billions for AI data centers, allowing them to keep debt off their balance sheets (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 1, 2025

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “Meatbags,” with Brian Mueller The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long…

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banks prepare to launch $38 billion debt sale to finance Oracle data centers, including $23.25 billion for a Texas data center and $14.75 billion for a Wisconsin site (Jeannine Amodeo/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 24, 2025

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Celebrities Fight Sora + Amazon’s Secret Automation Plans + ChatGPT Gets a Browser The future is…

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Findem, an AI-powered talent acquisition startup, raised $51 million in equity and debt, including a $36 million Series C round led by SLW, bringing its total funding to $105 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 21, 2025

Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Findem, an AI-powered talent acquisition startup, raised $51 million in equity and debt, including…

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London-based Dexory, which builds autonomous warehouse robots, has raised a $165 million Series C in equity and debt, after raising an $80 million Series B in 2024 (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/Sifted)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 14, 2025

Kai Nicol-Schwarz / Sifted: London-based Dexory, which builds autonomous warehouse robots, has raised a $165 million Series C in equity…

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QUALTRICS agrees to acquire Press Ganey Forsta, which helps health companies compile the comments of patients and doctors, for $ 6.75 billion, including debt (financial times)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 6, 2025

Financial time:: Qualtrics agrees to acquire Press Ganey Forsta, which helps health companies compile the comments of patients and doctors,…

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OpenText plans to sell its Edocs legal document management system to NetDocuments for $ 163 million and use the product to reduce its debt in circulation (Bloomberg Law)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 3, 2025

Featured podcasts Hard Fork: Sora and Infinite Slobe Foods + Chatgpt goes to therapy + Hot Mess Express The future…

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Ottawa-based Dominion Dynamics, which develops software, sensors and drones to autonomously monitor the Arctic, has raised a C$139 million Series A round led by Georgian (Josh Scott/BetaKit)

Indonesian court sentences Gojek co-founder and former education minister Nadiem Makarim to 10 years in prison for abuse of power over Chromebook deal (New York Times)

Q&A with Grindr CEO George Arison on turning Grindr into a "AI-native company", "taxes[ing]" AI in the workforce, facing "opposition"using AI as a CEO, and more (Jordyn Holman/New York Times)

Hotels, tour operators and travel agencies are rushing to launch exclusive online tools and loyalty programs to fend off future competition from AI travel agents (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)

Five Chinese technology and advanced manufacturing companies launched their listings in Hong Kong today to raise up to $5.6 billion, led by Apple supplier Luxshare’s $3.15 billion offering (Reuters)

Browsing: debt

Alphabet agrees to acquire data center company Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash, plus existing debt, as part of its efforts to expand its AI data center footprint (Bloomberg)

A group of private equity firms led by Permira and Warburg Pincus agrees to buy Clearwater Analytics, in a deal valuing the financial software maker at $8.4 billion, including debt (Ryan Gould/Bloomberg)

data center contracts reached $61 billion globally in 2025; debt issuance nearly doubled year-over-year to $182 billion, with Meta raising $62 billion in debt since 2022, about 50% of that in 2025 (April Roach/CNBC)

U.S. BNPL usage has grown to 91.5 million users, 25% of whom finance groceries, as default rates accelerate and most loans go unreported, creating ‘phantom debt’ (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

Tech companies including Meta and xAI are using SPVs to raise tens of billions for AI data centers, allowing them to keep debt off their balance sheets (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

banks prepare to launch $38 billion debt sale to finance Oracle data centers, including $23.25 billion for a Texas data center and $14.75 billion for a Wisconsin site (Jeannine Amodeo/Bloomberg)

Findem, an AI-powered talent acquisition startup, raised $51 million in equity and debt, including a $36 million Series C round led by SLW, bringing its total funding to $105 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

London-based Dexory, which builds autonomous warehouse robots, has raised a $165 million Series C in equity and debt, after raising an $80 million Series B in 2024 (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/Sifted)

QUALTRICS agrees to acquire Press Ganey Forsta, which helps health companies compile the comments of patients and doctors, for $ 6.75 billion, including debt (financial times)

OpenText plans to sell its Edocs legal document management system to NetDocuments for $ 163 million and use the product to reduce its debt in circulation (Bloomberg Law)