Acquisition

Superhuman, formerly known as Grammarly, acquires GPTZero to help users detect and defend against AI-generated content across 1 million apps and websites.

Enterprise software company Elastic has agreed to acquire Deductive AI, a CRV-backed startup that uses AI to automatically catch and resolve software bugs, for up to $85 million.

OpenAI announced the acquisition of Ona, a cloud environment startup, to enhance its Codex AI coding assistant with agent-ready infrastructure.

SpaceX has an agreement to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion, signaling Elon Musk's deepening push into artificial intelligence tools.

OpenAI has acquired Hiro Finance, an AI-powered personal finance startup backed by Ribbit and General Catalyst. The app shuts down April 20.

In a surprise move, OpenAI has acquired TBPN, a popular Silicon Valley tech and business talk show, marking the AI giant's first media acquisition.

Meta has acquired Moltbook, an AI agent social network built on OpenClaw, joining Meta Superintelligence Labs as the company accelerates its agentic AI strategy.

OpenAI has announced the acquisition of Promptfoo, an open-source AI security and red-teaming startup, to bolster the safety and reliability of its AI agents against adversarial attacks and prompt injection vulnerabilities.

Apple has acquired Israeli audio AI startup Q.ai for a reported $2 billion, its second-largest acquisition ever. The move signals a major push into AI, particularly in audio technology for its products like AirPods and Vision Pro.

China's Ministry of Commerce is investigating whether Meta's acquisition of Manus, a Singapore-based AI startup with Chinese roots, violates the country's technology export and investment rules.