AI Acquisition Tracker

What we captured

Check-Cap completed its business combination with MBody AI Corp., with former MBody shareholders holding approximately 81% of the combined company’s outstanding shares.

• • The business combination was completed on August 26, 2026.
• • Former MBody AI Corp. shareholders held approximately 81% of shares outstanding after the merger.
• • The combined company was operating as Check-Cap and planned to complete its name change to MBody AI Ltd. after SEC and Nasdaq administrative steps.

Source evidence

Confidence 96% / Completeness 85%

What we captured

MERGE announced the acquisition of Brado’s Insight and Digital practices to add qualitative research, digital performance, and generative engine optimization capabilities.

• • MERGE announced the acquisition on August 26, 2026.
• • The transaction covers Brado’s Insight and Digital practices rather than a stated acquisition of all of Brado.
• • No transaction value was disclosed.
• • The acquired capabilities include qualitative research, performance media, data analytics, and generative engine optimization.

Source evidence

Confidence 99% / Completeness 90%

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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.

Source evidence

Confidence 96% / Completeness 90%

What we captured

Navitas Semiconductor signed a definitive agreement to acquire Claros, with approximately $216.0 million payable at closing and additional consideration tied to milestones. Closing is expected before year-end 2026, subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals.

• • Navitas announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Claros on August 24, 2026.
• • The transaction is valued at up to approximately $232.8 million.
• • Approximately $216.0 million is payable at closing in cash and Navitas shares, with the remainder contingent on business milestones.
• • The deal remains subject to customary closing conditions, including applicable regulatory approvals.

Source evidence

Confidence 100% / Completeness 100%

What we captured

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.

Source evidence

Confidence 99% / Completeness 95%

What we captured

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.

Source evidence

Confidence 99% / Completeness 90%

What we captured

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.

Source evidence

Confidence 99% / Completeness 90%

What we captured

Stripe has finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter, an AI model gateway, for more than $7 billion, according to Bloomberg.

• • According to Bloomberg (reported by Quartz), Stripe finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter for more than $7 billion.
• • OpenRouter provides a single access point to more than 400 AI models and says it serves 8 million developers.
• • OpenRouter was founded in 2023 and is based in New York.
• • OpenRouter recently closed a $113 million Series B; the startup's investors include Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, and CapitalG.
• • Article notes the final acquisition price could still change.

Source evidence

Confidence 92% / Completeness 100%

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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).

Source evidence

Confidence 90% / Completeness 97%

What we captured

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.

Source evidence

Confidence 100% / Completeness 90%