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AI companies are buying used books by the thousands. Some may be destroyed for training (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: ai companies, used bookstores, model training

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Stripe to Buy OpenRouter for $7B (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: stripe, openrouter, acquisition

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Stripe Clinches over $7B Deal to Buy AI Firm OpenRouter (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | tags: stripe, openrouter, deal

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SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-15 | by Anthony Ha | tags: spacex, cursor, xai

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SpaceXAI completes its Cursor acquisition following Grok Bot and Grok 4.6 release (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-14 | by Zac Hall | tags: spacexai, cursor, grok bot

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Workday shares post best day in 10 years on Silver Lake takeover report (cnbc.com)

2026-08-13 | by Samantha Subin | tags: workday, silver lake, human resources

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Anthropic Is Reportedly Looking to Buy This Seemingly Un-Anthropic-Like Startup (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: anthropic, startup, acquisition

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Why China should reassess how it rewards young scientists (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-13 | by Li | tags: china, scientific output, talent-acquisition

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How a $250 million acquisition collapsed into allegations of fraud and forged signatures (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-12 | by Russell Brandom | tags: videoverse, minute media, acquisition

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Independent bookstores in Europe receive suspicious orders for thousands of books, prompting fears they'll be destroyed to train AI — sellers believe acquisitions are part of AI tech companies’ push to get more data (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jowi Morales | tags: amazon, ai training, independent bookstores

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Joby Aviation builds out defense business with $500M acquisition (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: joby aviation, resonant sciences, electric air taxi

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Joby flexes military muscle with $500 million defense acquisition (theverge.com)

2026-08-11 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | tags: joby aviation, resonant sciences, electric aircraft

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Paramount Promises 30 Film-A-Year Contracts After WBD Acquisition (slashdot.org)

2026-08-10 | tags: paramount, warner bros, regal

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‘If trust breaks, your business breaks’: How Alphonzo Terrell is building Spill to be a different kind of social platform (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: acquisition, acquisition led, alphonzo

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Lightspeed is building its edge on followers, not just funds (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-05 | by Theresa Loconsolo | tags: acquisition, equity, firms

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Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-05 | by Theresa Loconsolo | tags: acquisition, equity, firms

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Airtable Acquisition Is ‘Kick in the Gut’ for Software Unicorns and Their Backers (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-05 | tags: airtable, airtable fraction, bending

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Walmart completes its acquisition of TV advertising company Vibe.co (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Aisha Malik | tags: walmart, vibe.co, walmart connect

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Apple’s latest acquisition makes a lot of sense for product roadmap (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-03 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: apple, plasmasolve, matsight

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Visa to Buy Fraud Defense Platform BioCatch in $2.4 Billion Deal (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-03 | tags: visa, biocatch, artificial intelligence

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Great Question (YC W21) Is Hiring Senior Demand Gen Manager (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: ai customer research, demand generation, sales qualified leads

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The Silicon Valley Founder Meat Grinder (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: silicon valley, food delivery app, startup acquisition

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Johnson & Johnson Comes to Strategic Agreement with Sail Biomedicines (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-29 | tags: johnson & johnson, sail biomedicines, strategic agreement

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Cursor makes its biggest India push yet ahead of SpaceX acquisition with localized pricing (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-28 | by Jagmeet Singh | tags: spacex, cursor, india

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As rivals chase acquisitions, Peacock bets on bundles through a new deal with YouTube (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-27 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: peacock, youtube, nbcu

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Argenx to Buy Forte Biosciences for $2.2 Billion (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-27 | tags: argenx, forte biosciences, nasdaq

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AMD confirmed $5.4 billion ATI acquisition 20 years ago today — deal to 'reinvent our industry' paved the way for Radeon GPU innovation, APUs, and games console domination (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-24 | by Mark Tyson | tags: amd, ati, radeon

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EU gives Paramount's Warner Bros. acquisition the go-ahead (engadget.com)

2026-07-22 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: paramount, warner bros, universal international pictures

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ESPN hit with major layoffs following NFL Network acquisition (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: espn, nfl network, layoffs

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China is considering export controls on AI technologies, including banning local companies from using TSMC, report claims — restrictions would also cover advanced AI models, training data, and overseas acquisitions (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-21 | by Anton Shilov | tags: tsmc, ai models, china