#mergers--acquisitions

#mergers--acquisitions

Cisco is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity company Axonius for approximately $2 billion, according to sources speaking to Calcalist. The potential acquisition fits into Cisco's broader strategy of investing heavily in strengthening its enterprise security offering in recent years. However, Axonius denies that negotiations are actually taking place. Axonius was previously valued at $2.6 billion and operates in the field of cyber asset management, a market segment that is becoming increasingly important as organizations try to get a grip

SoftBank said it will acquire digital infrastructure investor DigitalBridge for about $4 billion. The Japanese conglomerate said it is doubling down on building the data centers, connectivity, and power needed to support AI at a global scale. "As AI transforms industries worldwide, we need more compute, connectivity, power, and scalable infrastructure," said Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group. The deal underscores SoftBank's push to control more of the physical infrastructure behind AI as competition for computing resources intensifies.

SoftBank will soon announce an agreement to acquire DigitalBridge. According to sources, talks with the digital infrastructure investor are at an advanced stage. The Japanese group could announce the deal as early as this week. Reuters has not yet been able to independently confirm this information. It became clear in early December that SoftBank was in talks with DigitalBridge. A source confirmed to Reuters at the time that SoftBank was interested in the company because of its portfolio,

TikToksigned a deal on Thursday that sees 80% of its US assets sold to a group of three investors, Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX. The deal ensures the social media platform can continue operating in the United States. The sale means TikTok will avoid a US government ban and remain available to more than 170 million people who use it in the United States, the company's CEO Shou Zi Chew told employees.

The company will merge with TAE Technologies-a privately held fusion energy firm that's backed by Alphabet, Chevron Technology Ventures, and others-in a deal that's worth more than $6 billion. It's an all-stock deal, which is expected to close sometime next year, and is a huge and eyebrow-raising move for Trump Media, which is best known as the owner of President Trump's social media platform, Truth Social.

Netflix Inc. co-Chief Executive Officers Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos tried to reassure employees' concerns about the company's bid for much of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., reiterating that there is no business overlap and therefore won't be any studio closures. "This is going to be a complex process over the next year or so," the executives said in a letter posted to the company's internal blog and published in a securities filing.

The potential deal - which S4 says would be structured as an acquisition of MSQ by S4 Capital rather than a takeover of S4 - comes after a bruising period for the group. S4's share price has fallen more than 90% from its peak only a few years ago. The current market capitalization sits at around £140m, a fraction of the multibillion pound valuation it once enjoyed.

Antin is a European infrastructure investor with offices in Paris, London, and New York. The company focuses on investments in sectors such as digital infrastructure, energy, transportation, and social services. In the digital domain, Antin has previously invested in data center and connectivity companies in various European countries, including a regional data center platform in the United Kingdom. This has given the company experience in scaling up colocation and network services within regulated and competitive markets.

The 65-year-old executive has long been one of the media's highest-paid leaders, taking home a compensation package of $51.9 million in 2024 alone-even as the company weathered layoffs and strategy turmoil. And earlier this year, Zaslav signed a new contract packed with more stock options that could exceed $420 million in value, with the ultimate payout influenced by whether Netflix's $27.75-per-share cash-and-stock bid or Paramount's hostile $30-per-share cash offer wins out.

I know the companies very well. I know what they're doing, but I have to see, I have to see what percentage of market they have.