Amazon acquires Zurich-based autonomous robotics startup Rivr, formerly Swiss-Mile; PitchBook: the startup was valued at $110M in an August 2024 funding round
Amazon has acquired autonomous robotics startup Rivr, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed, a deal that could help the commerce …
Amazon acquires Zurich-based autonomous robotics startup Rivr, formerly Swiss-Mile; PitchBook: the startup was valued at $110M in an August 2024 funding round
Amazon has acquired autonomous robotics startup Rivr, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed, a deal that could help the commerce …
Palo Alto Networks agrees to acquire Israeli endpoint security company Koi Security, sources say for ~$400M; Koi raised $48M across two rounds, per PitchBook
Koi has developed a software engine that uses large language models and AI agents to detect malware and vulnerabilities in applications.
Sources: Thrive Capital is in talks to invest ~$1B in analytics software maker Databricks at a ~$55B valuation; PitchBook says DataBricks has raised $4B+ so far
Bloomberg :
Tally, which helped users manage and pay off credit card debt, is shutting down; the startup had raised $172M and, per PitchBook, was last valued at $855M
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Finnish wearable maker Oura acquires Proxy, which makes digital identification tools, in an all-equity deal; PitchBook says Proxy was valued at $292M in 2020
Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg :
Intel acquires Granulate, which develops tools to optimize computing infrastructure with AI, sources say for $650M; PitchBook says Granulate raised $45.6M
Last year, when we wrote about new investment for Israeli startup Granulate — which applies AI to high-priority computing workloads …
Triller agrees to merge with adtech company SeaChange, taking the TikTok rival public at a ~$5B valuation; PitchBook: Triller's most recent valuation was $1.25B
Gillian Tan / Bloomberg :
Meta made over 21 acquisitions in the past three years, per PitchBook, including at least four VR startups in 2021; sources say it paid $500M+ for Within
Peter Kafka / Vox :
Stripe acquires TaxJar for its cloud-based, automated sales tax tools; financial details not disclosed, but PitchBook data says TaxJar had been valued at $179M
tax is such a headache (and a growing one) for online business. https://stripe.com/... John Collison / @collision : Fun fact: as far as we can tell, this is the largest acquisition of a fully-remote c...