Kadokawa is the owner of game developer FromSoftware.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Kadokawa FromSoftware
Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa's top shareholder
Reuters · 2024-12-19 · #5
Insight Partners bought Dotmatics for around $629M in 2021.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Insight Partners Dotmatics
Sources: Insight Partners, which bought Dotmatics for around $629M in 2021, is exploring options for the R&D software maker, including selling it for $5B+
Bloomberg · 2024-12-19 · #18
Omdia estimates Tencent purchased approximately 230,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs in 2024.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-18
Tencent Nvidia Hopper GPUs
Omdia estimates Microsoft bought 485K of Nvidia's Hopper GPUs in 2024, ByteDance and Tencent bought ~230K each, Meta bought 225K, and Tesla/xAI bought ~200K
Financial Times · 2024-12-18 · #4
Reliance Retail will have full ownership and control of Shein's operations in India, with Shein limited to a tech partner role.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
Reliance Retail Shein (India operations)
India's commerce minister says that Shein will operate in India purely as a tech partner, with Reliance Retail having full ownership and control of operations
TechCrunch · 2024-12-18 · #34
Omdia estimates Meta purchased 225,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs in 2024.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-18
Meta Nvidia Hopper GPUs
Omdia estimates Microsoft bought 485K of Nvidia's Hopper GPUs in 2024, ByteDance and Tencent bought ~230K each, Meta bought 225K, and Tesla/xAI bought ~200K
Financial Times · 2024-12-18 · #4
A group led by Bain paid $18B to acquire Kioxia in 2018.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
Bain-led group Kioxia
Kioxia's shares rose 6%+ on its first day of trading in Tokyo, giving the chipmaker a ~$5.2B market cap; a group led by Bain had paid $18B for Kioxia in 2018
Financial Times · 2024-12-18 · #22
Omdia estimates Tesla and xAI together purchased approximately 200,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs in 2024.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-18
Tesla xAI Nvidia Hopper GPUs
Omdia estimates Microsoft bought 485K of Nvidia's Hopper GPUs in 2024, ByteDance and Tencent bought ~230K each, Meta bought 225K, and Tesla/xAI bought ~200K
Financial Times · 2024-12-18 · #4
Yinwang is a subsidiary of Huawei.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
Yinwang Huawei
A look at Huawei subsidiary Yinwang, which sells hardware and software to carmakers, has a $16B valuation, and more than doubled its revenue to ~$655M in 2023
Financial Times · 2024-12-18 · #21
Omdia estimates ByteDance purchased approximately 230,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs in 2024.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-18
ByteDance Nvidia Hopper GPUs
Omdia estimates Microsoft bought 485K of Nvidia's Hopper GPUs in 2024, ByteDance and Tencent bought ~230K each, Meta bought 225K, and Tesla/xAI bought ~200K
Financial Times · 2024-12-18 · #4
Omdia estimates Microsoft purchased 485,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs in 2024.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-18
Microsoft Nvidia Hopper GPUs
Omdia estimates Microsoft bought 485K of Nvidia's Hopper GPUs in 2024, ByteDance and Tencent bought ~230K each, Meta bought 225K, and Tesla/xAI bought ~200K
Financial Times · 2024-12-18 · #4
Grammarly agrees to acquire productivity startup Coda; the deal is set to close in January.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-17
Grammarly Coda
Grammarly buys productivity startup Coda, set to close in January, and names Coda co-founder and CEO Shishir Mehrotra as CEO; Coda had a $1.4B valuation in 2021
Bloomberg · 2024-12-17 · #25
A Taiwanese official says Taiwan's current OneWeb deal does not offer sufficient satellite internet capacity.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-17
Taiwan OneWeb
A Taiwanese official says the country is in talks with Amazon's Kuiper over satellite internet as its current OneWeb deal does not offer sufficient capacity
Financial Times · 2024-12-17 · #26
The legal fight stemming from Qualcomm's $1.4B Nuvia acquisition has severely strained the relationship between Arm and Qualcomm.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-16
Arm Qualcomm Nuvia acquisition
Arm and Qualcomm's chip licensing dispute heads to trial in Delaware, in a high-stakes battle set to last about a week over Qualcomm's $1.4B Nuvia acquisition
Financial Times · 2024-12-16 · #6
Omnicom and Interpublic are merging in a consolidation of major advertising holding companies.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-16
Omnicom Interpublic
Ad giants Omnicom and Interpublic's merger shows how the industry is preparing for an AI-driven upheaval, which is squeezing out creative talent
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-16 · #22
The Omnicom–Interpublic merger signals how the ad industry is preparing for an AI-driven upheaval.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-16
Omnicom Interpublic ad industry
Ad giants Omnicom and Interpublic's merger shows how the industry is preparing for an AI-driven upheaval, which is squeezing out creative talent
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-16 · #22
Arctic Wolf acquires Cylance, BlackBerry's cybersecurity business, for $160 million.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-16
Arctic Wolf Cylance
BlackBerry sells its beleaguered cybersecurity business, Cylance, to Arctic Wolf for $160M, after paying $1.4B to acquire Cylance in 2018
TechCrunch · 2024-12-16 · #5
Broadcom completed three deals collectively described as worth $10 billion+ that contributed to its growth.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-15
Broadcom
A look at Broadcom's path to $1T in market cap: stock up 760%+ and three deals worth $10B+ after abandoning its $120B bid to acquire Qualcomm in 2018, and more
CNBC · 2024-12-15 · #12
Sony made acquisitions to expand its intellectual property (IP) portfolio and support a focus on original content.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-15
Sony
How Sony turned itself around by innovating its games business beyond consoles and making acquisitions to expand its IP and focus on original content
CNN · 2024-12-15 · #7
Broadcom abandoned its $120 billion bid to acquire Qualcomm in 2018 after the attempt was thwarted.
failed 1 article 2024-12-15
Broadcom Qualcomm
A look at Broadcom's path to $1T in market cap: stock up 760%+ and three deals worth $10B+ after abandoning its $120B bid to acquire Qualcomm in 2018, and more
CNBC · 2024-12-15 · #12
Published emails show Elon Musk wanted to own OpenAI and run it as a for-profit entity.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-14
Elon Musk OpenAI
Cantor Fitzgerald's SPACs completed mergers with smart-glass maker View and geospatial data company Satellogic.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-14
Cantor Fitzgerald View Satellogic
Cantor Fitzgerald settles US SEC charges for $6.75M over disclosures before its SPACs merged with smart glass maker View and geospatial data company Satellogic
CNBC · 2024-12-14 · #26
Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware in November 2023.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-13
Broadcom VMware
Broadcom reports Q4 revenue up 51% YoY to $14.05B vs. $14.09B est., FY 2024 AI revenue up 220%, expects Q1 revenue just above est.; AVGO jumps 10%+ after hours
CNBC · 2024-12-13 · #16
Zalando agrees to acquire smaller rival About You for approximately €1.2B (€6.50 per share), roughly a 67% premium to December 10's closing price.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-11
Zalando About You
German online fashion retailer Zalando agrees to buy its smaller rival About You for ~€1.2B, or €6.50 per share, a ~67% premium on December 10's closing price
Bloomberg · 2024-12-11 · #37
WhatsApp is aggressively courting large enterprises to adopt its paid messaging products.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-10
WhatsApp big businesses
How WhatsApp evolved from a messaging app into a business messaging growth platform, aggressively luring big businesses to its suite of paid messaging products
Rest of World · 2024-12-10 · #23
The acquisition is intended to help expand TeamViewer's footprint in North America.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-10
TeamViewer North America
TeamViewer says it plans to acquire 1E, which makes automated remediation software, from Carlyle for $720M, closing in early 2025, its biggest acquisition yet
Bloomberg · 2024-12-10 · #11
TeamViewer says this will be its biggest acquisition to date.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-10
TeamViewer 1E
TeamViewer says it plans to acquire 1E, which makes automated remediation software, from Carlyle for $720M, closing in early 2025, its biggest acquisition yet
Bloomberg · 2024-12-10 · #11
TeamViewer plans to acquire 1E from Carlyle for $720M, with the deal expected to close in early 2025.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-10
TeamViewer 1E Carlyle
TeamViewer says it plans to acquire 1E, which makes automated remediation software, from Carlyle for $720M, closing in early 2025, its biggest acquisition yet
Bloomberg · 2024-12-10 · #11
Bloomberg reports (Russian documents and sources) that Putin's forces continued purchasing US-made chips via a Russian distributor.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-09
Putin's forces US chips
Russian docs and sources: how Putin's forces kept buying US chips, including $5.9M from Texas Instruments from January to August 2024, via a Russian distributor
Bloomberg · 2024-12-09 · #19
Paytm sells its stake in Japanese payments firm PayPay to SoftBank for $279.2M.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-08
Paytm PayPay SoftBank
Paytm sells its stake in Japanese payments firm PayPay to SoftBank for $279.2M, ending Paytm's ties with SoftBank, which sold its remaining Paytm shares in June
TechCrunch · 2024-12-08 · #27
SoftBank sold its remaining Paytm shares in June.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-08
SoftBank Paytm
Paytm sells its stake in Japanese payments firm PayPay to SoftBank for $279.2M, ending Paytm's ties with SoftBank, which sold its remaining Paytm shares in June
TechCrunch · 2024-12-08 · #27