Boat rental services Boatsetter and GetMyBoat plan to merge; Boatsetter CEO Michael Farb says the combined company is set to have $100M+ in bookings in 2025
Boatsetter and GetMyBoat are on track for more than $100 million of combined bookings this year — Two peer-to-peer boat-rental platforms are merging. LinkedIn: Andrew S. . Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com Li...
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...
Sources: data integration company Fivetran is in talks to acquire data management company dbt Labs in a deal valuing the combined entity at between $5B and $10B
Fivetran, a startup used by companies to manage and prepare data for analytics and artificial intelligence … LinkedIn: Katie Roof LinkedIn: Katie Roof : Saturday scoop: Fivetran in talks to buy dbt La...
CB Insights: OpenAI's acquisition of Jony Ive's io for $6.5B sets a new record for venture-backed acquisition by a private buyer
Katie Roof / Bloomberg : X: @katie_roof . LinkedIn: Katie Roof X: Katie Roof / @katie_roof : We're seeing record billion-dollar startup sales to private strategics with 7 in the past year. OpenAI, Da...
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals says it will acquire 23andMe's assets, including its Personal Genome Service, for $256M, set to close in Q3, in the bankruptcy auction
But What Happens to Your Data? David Braue / Information Age : Biotech buys bankrupt DNA data firm 23andMe for $400m Naomi Li Gan / Tech in Asia : Pharma giant Regeneron to buy genetics firm 23andMe f...
Source: TikTok CEO Shou Chew proposed to senior White House officials a US-based joint venture between US investors and TikTok that would oversee data security
Vance tapped to help oversee negotiations, with companies including Oracle and Amazon signaling interest while TikTok officials hope to avoid a sale X: @jchengwsj . LinkedIn: Jessica Toonkel X: Jonath...
StackBlitz, which offers an AI tool to create websites using text prompts, says it's finalizing raising $83.5M at a $700M valuation, following a $22M Series A
Bloomberg : Bluesky: @katieroof . LinkedIn: Katie Roof Bluesky: Katie Roof / @katieroof : Product is Bolt.New (how many Bolts are there??) [embedded post] LinkedIn: Katie Roof : After 7 years, develo...
Source: Perplexity AI made a TikTok US bid to ByteDance, proposing a merger that brings video to Perplexity, with ByteDance investors retaining their stakes
Elon Musk, Kevin O'Leary And More—Could Buy TikTok As Ban Starts Taipei Times : Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok US Fortune : Perplexity said to submit bid to merge with TikTok's US unit...
Source: accounting startup Bench, which had raised $100M+ and abruptly shut down last week, will be acquired by Employer.com for an undisclosed price
Bench, the VC-backed accounting startup that left thousands of customers locked out of their accounts after it suddenly shut down last week … LinkedIn: Nicole Bruno . Forums: Hacker News LinkedIn: Nic...
Ad software company Mediaocean acquires Innovid, an ad tech company focused on CTV, for $500M; Innovid had a market cap of ~$240M at market close on November 20
#adtech LinkedIn: Anya Ware : Waking up to some BIG news this morning! Two industry leaders are joining forces—Mediaocean and Innovid! … Bill Wise : Beyond excited to share that Mediaocean is acquiri...