AI Acquisition Tracker

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Adobe acquired Rilo, adding the startup’s agent-based marketing workflow technology and team. The purchase price was not disclosed, and Rilo’s hosted product is being wound down.

• • Rilo confirmed the acquisition in an announcement dated August 24, 2026.
• • The transaction brings Rilo’s technology and team into Adobe.
• • Rilo stopped new registrations and withdrew access to its hosted application.
• • The purchase price and other financial terms were not disclosed.

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Descartes Systems Group announced the acquisition of Tai Software for approximately US$100 million in cash.

• • The acquisition was announced on August 24, 2026.
• • The stated purchase price is approximately US$100 million, satisfied from cash on hand.
• • Tai operates an AI-powered transportation management platform for freight brokers.

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Confidence 99% / Completeness 95%

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Imagenet completed its acquisition of Analytica Consulting on August 21, 2026, adding data engineering, analytics, data science, governance, and AI capabilities. The transaction value was not disclosed.

• • The transaction closed on August 21, 2026.
• • Financial terms were not disclosed.
• • Analytica Consulting adds data engineering, analytics, data science, visualization, governance, and AI capabilities to Imagenet.

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Google won an auction to acquire Spirit Airlines’ internal data and software assets for $10 million, subject to bankruptcy-court approval.

• • Google submitted the highest bid in the liquidation auction.
• • The bid was $10 million, compared with Mercor’s $7.5 million offer.
• • The transaction requires approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
• • The assets exclude Spirit customer and payment information and must be de-identified before transfer.

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Bloomberg reported an agreement on August 16, 2026; the companies have not confirmed the deal and it has not closed. Reported price estimates vary.

• • Bloomberg reported the agreement on August 16, 2026.
• • The New York Times cited a $7.5 billion price, while other reported estimates differ.
• • Neither company has confirmed the deal; the article says it has not closed.

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SpaceX completed an all-stock acquisition of xAI; an August 14 SEC filing shows Nvidia's xAI shares converted into approximately 122.8 million SpaceX Class A shares.

• • Article states SpaceX acquired xAI in an all-stock deal.
• • August 14 SEC filing reported Nvidia holds ~122.8 million SpaceX Class A shares after the conversion.
• • The all-stock deal was described in the article as valued at roughly 1.25 trillion (currency not specified in source).

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AMD announced a definitive agreement to acquire Taalas and plans to integrate its specialized inference technology with AMD's accelerator roadmap and Instinct GPUs.

• • AMD announced the definitive acquisition agreement on August 6, 2026.
• • Taalas specializes in AI inference silicon and inference-dataflow optimization.
• • AMD plans to integrate Taalas' technology with AMD Instinct GPUs.
• • The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
• • No acquisition price was disclosed.

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Confidence 100% / Completeness 90%

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SpaceX agreed to acquire Anysphere, the developer of Cursor, for an implied equity value of $60 billion. Anysphere is expected to become a wholly owned SpaceX subsidiary, with shareholders receiving SpaceX Class A stock.

• • The article reports that SpaceX ultimately selected the acquisition option from an April 2026 collaboration arrangement.
• • The deal value is described as an implied equity value of $60 billion.
• • The transaction would make Anysphere a wholly owned subsidiary of SpaceX.
• • Anysphere shareholders would receive SpaceX Class A stock.

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Inflection AI announced the acquisition of Boundaryless, a team of automation experts focused on UiPath integrations and Fortune 500 deployments. The article does not disclose a transaction value.

• • Inflection AI announced the Boundaryless acquisition alongside the launch of Agentic Workflows for Inflection for Enterprise.
• • Boundaryless was described as a team of automation experts with experience deploying UiPath integrations within Fortune 500 companies.
• • No acquisition price or completion date was disclosed.

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Confidence 99% / Completeness 90%