Nvidia agrees to a licensing deal with Groq; CEO Jonathan Ross and other top executives will join Nvidia; Groq says it will continue operating independently
anybody who knows anything about AI chips knows groq's first gen chips aren't competitive but maybe their upcoming chips might have been able to threaten nvidia? @josephjacks_ : Overly simplistic take...
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026
Netflix announced this week that it had reached … Axios : Netflix to buy Warner Bros. for nearly $83 billion Alex Pigman / Taipei Times : Warner Bros acquisition by Netflix sparks backlash Victory Emm...
Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport says the US DOJ concluded its review of Google's planned $32B acquisition; the FTC's website says the early termination was October 24
Alphabet Inc.'s Google and cybersecurity company Wiz Inc. cleared a key hurdle to closing their $32 billion deal …
The UK CMA clears Omnicom's $13B acquisition of rival Interpublic after launching an investigation into the deal on June 23; the FTC cleared the deal on June 25
The watchdog had been considering whether the deal would lead to a substantial lessening of competition
Delivery Hero says Uber has terminated its $950M deal to acquire Foodpanda in Taiwan and will pay a ~$250M termination fee after Taiwan's FTC blocked the deal
Taiwan's FTC blocks Uber's $950M acquisition of Delivery Hero's Foodpanda, arguing it would decrease competition as their combined market share would be 90%+
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FTC v. Microsoft: in mid-2020, Phil Spencer discussed acquiring Warner Bros Interactive alongside Bethesda and said buying Nintendo would be a “career moment”
“It'd be a good move for both companies” — A genuinely dystopian email sent by Xbox chief Phil Spencer …
FTC v. Microsoft: Phil Spencer says Microsoft acquired ZeniMax for $7.5B to stop Sony from paying for Bethesda games like Starfield to be PlayStation exclusives
Microsoft's Xbox chief has revealed one of the key reasons behind the acquisition of Bethesda parent company ZeniMax: potential Starfield PlayStation exclusivity.
The FTC will not challenge Amazon's $3.49B acquisition of One Medical parent company 1Life Healthcare; Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the deal has closed
The Federal Trade Commission won't challenge Amazon.com Inc.'s $3.49 billion acquisition of One Medical parent 1Life Healthcare Inc. …
Meta says the company has completed its acquisition of Within, originally announced in October 2021, after a US judge denied the FTC's request to stop the deal
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