Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor
In early November 2026 Meta acquired Conductor, a startup whose platform runs multiple AI coding agents in parallel workspaces. Conductor's cloud service was set to shut down on 20 November 2026.
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Cohere and Aleph Alpha sign merger agreement
On 16 September 2026 Cohere and German AI company Aleph Alpha signed a merger agreement, reportedly valuing the combined company at about $20 billion. The deal still needed regulatory approval.
Mistral AI acquires Koyeb
In February 2026, Mistral AI acquired Koyeb, a Paris-based startup offering high-performance serverless infrastructure. It was Mistral's first acquisition and brought 13 employees, with Koyeb's product and expertise to support environments such as sandboxes and MCP servers.
Salesforce agrees to acquire Informatica for about $8 billion
Salesforce agreed in May 2025 to buy data-management company Informatica for about $8 billion, folding its catalog, integration and governance products into Salesforce's platform for agentic AI. The deal closed on 18 November 2025.
AMD completes its acquisition of ZT Systems
AMD closed its purchase of ZT Systems, a New Jersey-based builder of AI and general-purpose computing infrastructure for hyperscale customers, on 31 March 2025, taking on about 1,000 design engineers while planning to sell ZT's US manufacturing business.
Recursion completes its combination with Exscientia
Recursion completed its combination with Exscientia on 20 November 2024, making the AI drug discovery company a wholly-owned subsidiary and folding its pipeline, sites and leadership into a single organisation.
NVIDIA agrees to acquire GPU orchestration software provider Run:ai
In April 2024 NVIDIA agreed to acquire Run:ai, an Israeli maker of Kubernetes-based GPU orchestration software, reported at about $700 million. The European Commission approved the deal in December and it closed on 30 December 2024, with the software to be open-sourced.
Hyundai Motor Group completes acquisition of Boston Dynamics
In June 2021 Hyundai Motor Group completed its purchase of a controlling 80 percent stake in Boston Dynamics from SoftBank, in a deal that valued the robot maker at US$1.1 billion.
Uber sells its self-driving unit ATG to Aurora
On 7 December 2020, Aurora announced it was acquiring Uber's self-driving unit, the Advanced Technologies Group, with Uber investing 400 million dollars in Aurora and its chief executive joining Aurora's board.
SoftBank agrees to acquire Boston Dynamics from Alphabet
On 9 June 2017 SoftBank Group announced that a subsidiary had agreed to buy Boston Dynamics from Alphabet, together with the Japanese bipedal-robotics company Schaft. The terms were not disclosed.
Google acquires Boston Dynamics
In December 2013 Google confirmed it had completed its acquisition of Boston Dynamics, the eighth robotics company it had bought in six months, as part of a robotics effort led by Andy Rubin.
Google acquires DNNresearch
In March 2013 the University of Toronto announced that Google had acquired DNNresearch, a start-up incorporated in 2012 by Geoffrey Hinton and two of his graduate students for work on deep neural networks.
Amazon agrees to acquire Kiva Systems
In March 2012 Amazon agreed to buy Kiva Systems, a maker of warehouse robots used by large retailers, for about $775 million in cash — the company's second-largest acquisition at the time.
Apple acquires Siri
In April 2010 Apple bought Siri, a San Jose start-up whose app answered spoken requests on the iPhone; the deal, reported by The New York Times, put voice-driven assistance on the path to becoming a built-in phone feature.