Perplexity offers to acquire Chrome for $34.5B, significantly more than Perplexity's estimated $18B valuation, and says large VC funds agreed to back the deal
Perplexity AI just made a $34.5b unsolicited offer for Google's Chrome browser … Mashable : Google received a ‘longshot’ $34 billion offer for Chrome from a surprising source Adam Spatacco / Motley Fo...
Adobe plans to buy UI design and prototyping tool Figma for ~$20B, half cash and half stock; CEO Dylan Field will continue to lead Figma; ADBE closed down 16.8%
Today, we're announcing that Figma has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Adobe. TechCrunch : After the Figma-Adobe deal, which design startups are acquisition targets? Wall Street Journal : ...
Foxconn, facing tough competition from local Chinese companies and squeezed by Apple, sees a way to boost revenues and margins with the acquisition of Belkin
“I can't put my finger on why, but this acquisition seems weird to me,” writes John Gruber, describing Foxconn's decision to buy Belkin for $866 million. Tweets: @om Tweets: @om : So why did Foxconn b...
Gawker.com announces it will shut down next week, after nearly 14 years of operation
Or was it Nick Denton? Hulk Hogan? Peter Thiel? New York Times : Farhad's and Mike's Week in Tech: Ride-Hailing News Owns the Road Will Oremus / Slate : Who's Left to Embarrass Silicon Valley Now Th...