Paramount closes Warner Bros deal as Skydance and plans a single streamer
Paramount closes Warner Bros deal as Skydance and plans a single streamer

Paramount has completed its purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery and renamed the combined company Skydance. The company announced the close on Tuesday, and its shares now trade on the New York Stock Exchange as SKYD. Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders r…

BT takes over TalkTalk and its 2.5 million customers out of administration
BT takes over TalkTalk and its 2.5 million customers out of administration

BT Group has acquired TalkTalk’s consumer and wholesale businesses out of administration. They have 1.5 million retail customers and 1 million wholesale customers. BT announced the deal on Monday. It said a prolonged sale process for those operations h…

Uber to buy ezCater for $2.3bn to bring workplace catering to Uber Eats
Uber to buy ezCater for $2.3bn to bring workplace catering to Uber Eats

Uber has agreed to buy ezCater, a US platform for workplace catering, for $2.3bn in cash. Uber and ezCater announced the deal in a joint statement on Tuesday. The purchase brings ezCater’s catering orders to Uber Eats and to Uber for Business, Uber’s s…

SAP agrees to acquire Belgian AI workforce startup TechWolf
SAP agrees to acquire Belgian AI workforce startup TechWolf

SAP has agreed to buy TechWolf, a Belgian company whose AI maps the skills and daily work of a firm’s employees. The two companies announced the deal today but did not disclose its terms. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 20…

Grindr to buy HIV prevention telehealth firm Freddie for $250mn
Grindr to buy HIV prevention telehealth firm Freddie for $250mn

Grindr has agreed to buy PurposeMed, the company behind HIV prevention service Freddie, for $250mn in cash and stock, it said in a statement on Wednesday. Grindr will pay $190mn in cash and $60mn in shares. Up to $70mn more in cash depends on Freddie h…

AMD agrees to buy Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2bn in stock
AMD agrees to buy Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2bn in stock

AMD has agreed to buy World Labs, the AI model startup led by Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal valued at about $8.2bn. AMD announced the deal on Monday. Li will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting to CEO Lisa Su. AMD exp…

Nubank’s owner is in talks to buy Monzo at up to £10bn
Nubank’s owner is in talks to buy Monzo at up to £10bn

Monzo is in talks about a sale to Brazil’s Nu Holdings, the owner of Nubank. A deal could value the British digital bank at between £8bn and £10bn, Mark Kleinman reported for Sky News on Saturday. The talks are at a relatively early stage, according to…

Proxy adviser Glass Lewis merges with Clarity AI to expand in Europe
Proxy adviser Glass Lewis merges with Clarity AI to expand in Europe

Proxy adviser Glass Lewis has combined with Clarity AI, which sells sustainability data and AI analytics. The two firms announced the deal on Thursday. The deal closed on 23 September, and no financial details were disclosed. The combined company will …

Upwind acquires Aegis as cybersecurity firm builds new AI Security Labs
Upwind acquires Aegis as cybersecurity firm builds new AI Security Labs

The cybersecurity industry is increasingly focused on how artificial intelligence can reshape both defensive technology and the threat landscape. Upwind is responding by acquiring AI security startup Aegis and launching a new research and engineering i…

Dragos closes its NetRise and runZero deals as Accenture takes control
Dragos closes its NetRise and runZero deals as Accenture takes control

“It’s about whether the lights stay on and the water stays safe when an adversary attacks,” said Dmitri Alperovitch, the CrowdStrike co-founder who is returning to the board of Dragos. The industrial cybersecurity company said on Monday it has closed i…