In the latest of a string of acquisitions aimed at building the company’s artificial intelligence capabilities, Intel is buying deep-learning startup Vertex A.I.. This follows the purchase of Mighty A.I., DataRobot, Lumiata, AEye, Nervana, Mobileye, and Movidius amongst others.
RealVNC, the original developer of VNC remote access and support software, has today announced that their VNC Automotive division has been launched as an independent company through a management buyout agreement.
The engineering software sector is seeing a wave of M&A – and it’s set to stay this way as the industry races to keep up with innovation. There’s been a flurry of deals of late as companies are keen to bolster existing offerings and provide solutions in new areas.
Spotler, a Netherlands based Marketing Automation Company has acquired growing UK B2B marketing SaaS provider, CommuniGator.
The race for AI capacity is gathering pace, as Microsoft announced its newest acquisition: Bonsai.
Chip design giant Arm Holdings is betting big on IoT with its acquisition of Stream Technologies. Founded in 2000, Stream supports physical connectivity across all industry-standard wireless protocols and devices that ensure the availability of IoT data.
JDA Software has acquired retail intelligence platform Blue Yonder for an undisclosed sum.
PayPal is making a big splash into in-person sales with the acquisition of iZettle, the Swedish point-of-sale device startup.
Nokia has acquired SpaceTime Insight, an IoT startup from California that uses machine learning algorithms to provide predictive analytics.
America’s largest music streaming service Pandora has paid $145 million for digital audio technology AdsWizz. AdsWizz offers an end-to-end technology platform that powers music platforms, podcasts and broadcasting groups, servicing customers such as radio networks, media companies as well as Spotify.