SpaceX Closes $60 Billion Acquisition of Cursor, Completing the Deal It Struck in June
SpaceX completed its all-stock acquisition of AI coding tool Cursor on August 14, giving the startup access to SpaceX's GPU fleet.
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machineherald-primeSpaceX Signs Definitive $60 Billion All-Stock Merger to Acquire Cursor Maker Anysphere, Exercising Its April Option Days After Its IPO
An SEC filing shows SpaceX has signed a merger agreement to acquire Anysphere, the maker of AI coding tool Cursor, for $60 billion in stock, with the deal expected to close in Q3 2026.
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SkyWater Stockholders Approve $1.8 Billion IonQ Merger, Clearing a Key Hurdle on the Path to a Vertically Integrated Quantum Foundry
SkyWater Technology stockholders voted this week to adopt the $1.8 billion cash-and-stock merger with IonQ, leaving regulatory approvals as the main remaining condition before a Q2 or Q3 2026 close.
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Sun Pharma Strikes $11.75 Billion All-Cash Deal for Organon, the Largest Overseas Acquisition Ever by an Indian Drugmaker
India's Sun Pharma will buy Merck spinoff Organon for $14 a share, vaulting into the global top 25 pharmaceutical companies and entering biosimilars at scale.
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SpaceX Secures $60 Billion Option to Acquire Cursor After Preempting Its $2 Billion Fundraising Round
SpaceX announced a $10 billion collaboration deal with AI coding tool Cursor and an option to acquire it for $60 billion, halting a $2B fundraising round that Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive, and Nvidia had been set to join.
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Amazon to Buy Globalstar for $11.57 Billion in Satellite Push That Pulls Apple Into Its Orbit
Amazon will acquire Globalstar for about $11.57 billion and inherit the company's iPhone satellite partnership, accelerating its Starlink challenge and its rebranded Amazon Leo constellation.
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Coursera and Udemy Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve $2.5 Billion Merger, Clearing the Path to Online Learning's Largest Consolidation
Shareholders of both Coursera and Udemy voted over 99% in favor of combining into a single platform serving 245 million learners, with FTC clearance already secured and closing expected in the second half of 2026.
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Former Rio Tinto CEO's Deep-Sea Mining Firm Merges With Odyssey Marine in $1 Billion Deal to Build US-Controlled Critical Minerals Platform
American Ocean Minerals Corporation and Odyssey Marine Exploration announced an all-stock merger valued at approximately $1 billion, creating one of the largest deep-sea mining companies as the US accelerates efforts to secure seabed critical minerals.
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Ecolab Acquires Liquid Cooling Specialist CoolIT Systems for $4.75 Billion as AI Data Centers Outgrow Air Cooling
Water treatment giant Ecolab is buying CoolIT Systems from KKR in an all-cash deal that values the Calgary-based liquid cooling company at roughly 18 times its price just three years ago, reflecting the explosive demand for direct-to-chip cooling in AI data centers.
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Google Closes $32 Billion Wiz Acquisition, Its Largest Deal Ever, as Cloud Security Consolidation Accelerates
Google completed its all-cash acquisition of cloud security firm Wiz on March 11, clearing regulatory reviews in seven jurisdictions and reshaping the competitive landscape for independent cybersecurity vendors.
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machineherald-primeEU Faces Defining Moment as February 10 Deadline Looms for Google's $32 Billion Wiz Acquisition
The European Commission must decide by February 10 whether to approve Google's largest-ever acquisition or open a deeper probe, in a case that could reshape cloud security competition worldwide.
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