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SpaceX acquires Cursor for $60 billion, betting big on AI coding to catch rivals

Days after its historic IPO, SpaceX confirmed it will acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in stock. The deal aims to strengthen SpaceX's AI division, built around Elon Musk's xAI, as it competes with OpenAI and Anthropic in the enterprise AI market. The acquisition follows a unique April agreement that included a $10 billion breakup fee.

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SpaceX acquires Cursor for $60 billion, betting big on AI coding to catch rivals

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Qualcomm explores $8-10 billion acquisition of Jim Keller's Tenstorrent AI chipmaker

Qualcomm is evaluating a potential acquisition of Tenstorrent, an AI chipmaker led by renowned chip architect Jim Keller, in a deal valued between $8 billion and $10 billion. The move would mark one of Qualcomm's largest acquisitions ever and signal a major commitment to RISC-V architecture as the smartphone chip giant expands into data center processors and AI hardware markets.

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Qualcomm explores $8-10 billion acquisition of Jim Keller's Tenstorrent AI chipmaker

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AMD Stock Hits Record High After MEXT Acquisition and Wave of Bullish Analyst Upgrades

Advanced Micro Devices stock surged 7.3% to a new all-time high of $558.37 following its acquisition of MEXT, a developer of AI-driven memory optimization technology. The rally was fueled by Citigroup upgrading AMD to Buy with a $575 price target, citing undervaluation as a GPU company. Wolfe Research echoed optimism about upside potential driven by AMD's deepening ties with Meta Platforms and Microsoft.

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AMD Stock Hits Record High After MEXT Acquisition and Wave of Bullish Analyst Upgrades

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SailPoint acquires Entro for $200M to strengthen AI agent security through Agentic Fabric

SailPoint is buying Tel Aviv-based Entro Security for approximately $200 million to enhance its Agentic Fabric platform. The acquisition brings technology that discovers and protects over 1,000 types of machine and agent identities across cloud environments. With non-human identities now outnumbering human users by 45 to one, the deal marks the second major identity security consolidation announced in a single day.

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SailPoint acquires Entro for $200M to strengthen AI agent security through Agentic Fabric

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Tachyon9 secures $2.34 billion AI infrastructure deal, boosting merger with Nixxy

Tachyon9 Corporation has signed a 15-year binding agreement with Nidar Infrastructure and Yotta Data Services worth $2.34 billion for the Nakota AI Data Campus. The deal positions Yotta as anchor customer for the initial 100 MW deployment, with the facility designed to scale to 1 GW capacity. The partnership strengthens the proposed merger between Tachyon9 and Nixxy, aimed at creating a publicly traded AI infrastructure company.

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Tachyon9 secures $2.34 billion AI infrastructure deal, boosting merger with Nixxy

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IREN Completes Nostrum Group Acquisition to Enter European AI Data Center Market

Bitcoin miner IREN has finalized its acquisition of Spanish AI data center developer Nostrum Group, securing 490 megawatts of renewable power in Spain. The deal marks IREN's European expansion as it pivots toward AI cloud services, joining competitors like HIVE Digital and Bitdeer in building AI infrastructure across the continent.

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IREN Completes Nostrum Group Acquisition to Enter European AI Data Center Market

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AMD acquires MEXT to tackle data center memory bottlenecks with AI-powered tiering technology

AMD announced the acquisition of MEXT, a startup that developed AI-based memory tiering technology enabling NAND flash memory to function as DRAM. The move addresses growing memory constraints in data centers as AI models expand. MEXT's Predictive Memory Engine uses AI algorithms to shift data between storage tiers, potentially reducing infrastructure costs while maintaining performance for large-scale AI workloads.

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AMD acquires MEXT to tackle data center memory bottlenecks with AI-powered tiering technology

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Salesforce acquires Fin for $3.6 billion to accelerate AI customer service deployment

Salesforce is buying AI customer service platform Fin, formerly known as Intercom, for $3.6 billion to strengthen its Agentforce platform. Fin's AI agents resolve 76% of support requests without human intervention across channels like WhatsApp, Slack, and phone. The deal brings 30,000 customers and proprietary AI technology to Salesforce's enterprise arsenal.

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Salesforce acquires Fin for $3.6 billion to accelerate AI customer service deployment

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OpenAI acquires Ona to make Codex enterprise-ready with secure cloud environments

OpenAI announced plans to acquire Ona, formerly known as Gitpod, to strengthen Codex cloud capabilities and address enterprise security concerns around AI agents. The 79-person company provides secure cloud environments where AI agents can run long-running tasks that span hours or days, even when developers are offline. With Codex usage surging 400% and now serving over 5 million weekly users, the acquisition positions OpenAI to compete directly with Anthropic's Claude Code in the race for enterprise AI adoption.

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OpenAI acquires Ona to make Codex enterprise-ready with secure cloud environments

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Meta cuts off Manus from internal systems as China blocks $2 billion AI acquisition deal

Meta has separated operations from Manus, the Chinese agentic AI startup it acquired for $2 billion, following Beijing's order to reverse the deal. Manus employees lost access to Meta's data systems in early June, and the company is sunsetting the platform as founders explore a $1 billion buyback.

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Meta cuts off Manus from internal systems as China blocks $2 billion AI acquisition deal

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Warner Music Group acquires AI detection startup Sureel to track how artists' work trains models

Warner Music Group has acquired AI attribution startup Sureel AI to better monitor when its artists' and songwriters' work is used in AI-generated content or for training AI models. Sureel's patented technology creates 'AI DNA' for songs, breaking them into component parts to trace how AI models use those elements. The startup will continue operating as a standalone platform.

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Warner Music Group acquires AI detection startup Sureel to track how artists' work trains models

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Cyera Raises $600 Million at $12 Billion Valuation as AI Transforms Cybersecurity Landscape

Data security firm Cyera secured $600 million in funding at a $12 billion valuation, quadrupling its worth in just over a year. The cybersecurity start-up's rapid growth reflects surging investor interest in protecting companies from AI-based threats, especially as systems like Anthropic's Mythos model demonstrate unprecedented ability to exploit vulnerabilities. Cyera now focuses on autonomous protection against AI agents.

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Cyera Raises $600 Million at $12 Billion Valuation as AI Transforms Cybersecurity Landscape

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Zscaler extends Zero Trust platform to secure AI agents with new AI Broker and endpoint controls

Zscaler launched AI Broker and Endpoint AI Security at Zenith Live 2026, claiming the industry's first complete Zero Trust platform for agentic AI. The new tools address how autonomous AI agents connect to networks, access enterprise data, and operate on devices—a security model CEO Jay Chaudhry says traditional tools weren't designed to handle at machine speed.

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Zscaler extends Zero Trust platform to secure AI agents with new AI Broker and endpoint controls

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Beacon raises $225M to transform software acquisitions with AI-native platform

Beacon, led by ex-Instacart president Nilam Ganenthiran, has raised $225 million in Series C funding to accelerate its AI roll-up strategy. The startup acquires small, profitable software companies serving underserved industries and rebuilds them on a shared AI-native platform, closing roughly one deal per week while driving over 50% EBITDA growth across its portfolio.

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Beacon raises $225M to transform software acquisitions with AI-native platform

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Cloudflare acquires VoidZero to unify Vite JavaScript toolchain with AI-native web development

Cloudflare has acquired VoidZero, the company behind Vite and its JavaScript build tools with over 100 million weekly downloads. The move aims to integrate the widely-used toolchain into Cloudflare's Workers platform as autonomous AI coding agents reshape application development. Cloudflare reports agentic bots now make up 57% of internet traffic, surpassing human traffic for the first time.

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Cloudflare acquires VoidZero to unify Vite JavaScript toolchain with AI-native web development

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