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Media industry
fromTechCrunch
4 hours ago

Netflix may have paid $600 million for Ben Affleck's AI startup | TechCrunch

Netflix acquired InterPositive, an AI post-production editing tool company, for up to $600 million, integrating AI capabilities into its content production workflow.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Ben Affleck sells his AI postproduction startup to Netflix

Ben Affleck sold his AI postproduction startup InterPositive to Netflix after overcoming initial fears about artificial intelligence technology.
fromTechzine Global
1 week ago

Anthropic acquires Vercept to optimize Claude's computer use

Computer use enables Claude to perform multi-step tasks in live applications, just as a person would at a keyboard. This means that the AI can solve problems that are impossible with code alone. Recent progress speaks for itself: on the OSWorld benchmark for computer use, the Sonnet models went from below 15 percent at the end of 2024 to 72.5 percent today.
Artificial intelligence
Apple
fromTNW | Apple
1 month ago

Apple buys Q.ai to help devices read our faces

Apple bought Israeli startup Q.ai for nearly $2 billion to add silent-speech detection and micro-movement AI to future wearables and human-computer interaction.
Tech industry
fromExchangewire
2 months ago

Digest: Meta Acquires Manus; ITV Invests in The Body Coach App; Adform Acquires Splicky

Major media and adtech deals expand AI, DTC and DOOH capabilities: Meta acquires Manus, ITV invests in The Body Coach app, and Adform buys Splicky.
Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
2 months ago

Meta claims 'no continuing Chinese ownership interests in Manus AI' after reported $2 billion deal to shore up in AI agent race | Fortune

Meta acquired AI startup Manus to scale its general-purpose agents across consumer and business products while Manus maintains subscriptions and discontinues operations in China.
#autonomous-agents
fromNextgov.com
7 months ago

Pentagon halts $15B Advana recompete draft solicitation

The Pentagon abruptly canceled a draft solicitation to compete its Advana platform, the enterprise data and analytics system run by the department's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office.
Artificial intelligence
#generative-ai
fromFortune
7 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Coding is supposed to be genAI's killer use case. But what if its benefits are a mirage?

OpenAI's acquisition of Windsurf failed; Google hired key staff and licensed Windsurf's technology.
fromFortune
7 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Coding is supposed to be genAI's killer use case. But what if its benefits are a mirage?

fromTechCrunch
7 months ago

Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf | TechCrunch

Cognition is acquiring Windsurf's intellectual property and products, including its AI-powered integrated development environment (IDE), along with all remaining employees not hired by Google.
Startup companies
#google
fromDevOps.com
7 months ago
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI's $3 Billion Deal to Buy Windsurf Unravels, Google Nabs Company Execs, Licensing Rights - DevOps.com

fromExchangewire
8 months ago
Marketing tech

Digest: Google Offers Search Overhaul to Dodge EU DMA Fine and Pulls Out of Deal with Aussie Publishers; Apple Mulls Perplexity AI Acquisition

fromDevOps.com
7 months ago
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI's $3 Billion Deal to Buy Windsurf Unravels, Google Nabs Company Execs, Licensing Rights - DevOps.com

fromExchangewire
8 months ago
Marketing tech

Digest: Google Offers Search Overhaul to Dodge EU DMA Fine and Pulls Out of Deal with Aussie Publishers; Apple Mulls Perplexity AI Acquisition

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Artificial intelligence
fromCIO
9 months ago

Salesforce to buy Informatica in $8 billion deal

Salesforce's $8 billion acquisition of Informatica aims to enhance its AI capabilities by providing access to comprehensive data understanding.
fromSilicon Canals
9 months ago
Marketing tech

Salesforce to acquire UK AI agent startup Convergence.ai

Salesforce acquires Convergence.ai to enhance AI capabilities and develop adaptive AI agents for digital workflows.
Artificial intelligence
fromCIO
9 months ago

Salesforce to buy Informatica in $8 billion deal

Salesforce's $8 billion acquisition of Informatica aims to enhance its AI capabilities by providing access to comprehensive data understanding.
fromTechCrunch
10 months ago

ServiceNow acquires Data.World months after snatching up Moveworks | TechCrunch

As I like to say, this path to agentic 'AI heaven' goes through some form of data hell, and that's the grim reality.
Artificial intelligence
#openai
fromIT Pro
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI is closing in on its biggest acquisition to date - and it could be a game changer for software developers and 'vibe coding' fanatics

Artificial intelligence
fromIT Pro
10 months ago

OpenAI is closing in on its biggest acquisition to date - and it could be a game changer for software developers and 'vibe coding' fanatics

OpenAI acquires AI startup Windsurf for $3 billion, marking its largest acquisition to date.
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