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ExitAcquisition · Data and AI security
Varonis Systems acquired by Proofpoint
Thoma Bravo, which owns Proofpoint, is providing committed equity and has lined up debt financing, and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has also agreed to invest in…
Oct 15 · val. $6.3B · $6.3B
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ExitAcquisition · AI cybersecurity
AISLE acquired by Cohere
The letter of intent is not yet a definitive agreement, and no price was given. AISLE's Prague engineering hub would become Cohere's Prague office. CEO Ondrej Vlcek…
Oct 15
Proscia logo
ExitAcquisition · AI digital pathology software
Proscia acquired by Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies agreed to pay $240M in cash for Philadelphia-based Proscia, with up to $30M more in earnouts, according to Axios Pro Rata, which linked to Reuters…
Oct 13 · val. $240M · $240M
C1.ai (formerly ConductorOne) logo
ExitAcquisition · AI agent identity governance
C1.ai (formerly ConductorOne) acquired by Workday Ventures
C1.ai, previously named ConductorOne, was founded by CEO Alex Bovee and CTO Paul Querna, who met building zero trust products. Workday signed the definitive agreement on…
Oct 13
Opaque Systems logo
ExitAcquisition · Confidential AI and data security
Opaque Systems acquired by Anthropic
An Anthropic spokesperson confirmed the agreement to The Information, declining to give terms or the number of Opaque engineers joining. Opaque Systems is five years old…
Oct 13
Loops logo
ExitAcquisition · AI analytics
Loops acquired by Salesforce Ventures
Salesforce signed a definitive agreement on Monday. It did not disclose terms, and Calcalist estimated the price at about $30 million. Loops was founded in 2020 by CEO…
Oct 12 · $30M
Decart logo
ExitAcquisition · AI inference software / world models
Decart acquired by Amazon
The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that the talks could wrap up within days unless they break down or a rival bidder appears, and Bloomberg carried the report.…
Oct 11 · val. $7B · $7B
Reflection AI logo
ExitAcquisition (reportedly in talks) · Open-weight foundation models, AI coding
Reflection AI acquired by Nvidia
The Financial Times reported on Saturday, October 10, that the talks are early and could take several forms. One option is an acqui-hire: Nvidia would hire Reflection…
Oct 10 · val. $25B
Augment Code (select assets) logo
ExitAcquisition · AI coding agents
Augment Code (select assets) acquired by Harness
The October 9 purchase covers Cosmos, the Auggie command line tools, Augment's Code Context Engine and related technology. Harness sells software delivery tools for…
Oct 9
Green AI Cloud logo
ExitSPAC merger · AI data centers, GPU cloud
Green AI Cloud acquired by Pioneer Acquisition I Corp
The business combination, announced October 8, values Stockholm-based Green AI Cloud at $300 million pre-money equity and about $525 million in pro forma enterprise…
Oct 8 · val. $300M
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ExitAcquisition · Climate data and industrial AI
Cleartrace acquired by Envana
After the deal, Envana runs three products: Catalyst for audit-grade emissions evidence, Cleartrace for verified energy and carbon provenance, and Cencia for AI decision…
Oct 7
Boost.ai logo
ExitAcquisition · Conversational AI
Boost.ai acquired by Automation Anywhere
Automation Anywhere signed a definitive agreement on October 7 to buy Boost.ai, the enterprise chat and voice agent vendor, from private equity owner Nordic Capital. No…
Oct 7
KL Software Technologies (KLoBot) logo
ExitAcquisition · Legal AI and Microsoft cloud services
KL Software Technologies (KLoBot) acquired by Frontline Managed Services
Frontline Managed Services is a St. Louis company that provides IT and business managed services to law firms. It bought KL Software Technologies and its affiliate…
Oct 6
Ensignia logo
ExitAcquisition · AI agent security
Ensignia acquired by Serval
Serval, the AI-native IT and employee service platform, announced on October 6 that it has acquired Ensignia, a startup that verifies the integrity of code, dependencies…
Oct 6
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ExitAcquisition · AI investing tools
Yellow Tunnel acquired by Prosperum Fintech Holdings
Prosperum Fintech Holdings (PFH) is a Chicago holding company that collects investor-facing technology businesses. It did not say what it paid. Yellow Tunnel sells…
Oct 6
TechWolf logo
ExitAcquisition · HR and workforce AI
TechWolf acquired by SAP
TechWolf builds what it calls a context graph for work: an AI model of the tasks a company performs, the skills its employees have and the external labor market, used…
Oct 6
PTC logo
ExitAcquisition · Industrial software (CAD/PLM/IoT)
PTC acquired by Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric will pay $205 per share for PTC, valuing the CAD, PLM and IoT software maker at $22.6B in equity and about $23.7B including debt, funded with €5–6B of…
Oct 5 · val. $23.7B · $22.6B
PPG Digital & LeadCoverage logo
ExitAcquisition · Marketing agencies / AI marketing agents
PPG Digital & LeadCoverage acquired by enso
Israeli agentic-marketing startup enso, founded by RapidAPI co-founder Mickey Haslavsky, said it will acquire Israeli performance agency PPG Digital, which manages more…
Oct 5 · $20M
Senso logo
ExitAcquisition · AI marketing / GEO infrastructure
Senso acquired by Zeta Global
Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA) agreed to acquire Senso, a Toronto-based Y Combinator W24 startup whose infrastructure lets enterprises publish verified ground truth that…
Oct 5
Listen Labs logo
ExitAcquisition · AI customer research agents
Listen Labs acquired by Salesforce Ventures
Salesforce signed a definitive agreement on October 1 to acquire Listen Labs, a San Francisco startup whose agents recruit respondents, run interviews, analyze answers…
Oct 1 · $2B
Inferize logo
ExitAcquisition · GPU inference optimization
Inferize acquired by Nebius
Nebius announced on October 1 that it is acquiring Inferize, a 17-person Tel Aviv startup founded in January 2026 by two Granulate alumni, for $100–150M. Inferize's…
Oct 1 · $125M