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Salesforce to acquire Informatica at $8B valuation
Confirming recent reports, Salesforce Inc. today announced plans to buy Informatica Inc. in an $8 billion deal. The acquisition price includes Salesforce’s existing stake in Informatica. The latter company’s investors are set to receive $25 per share. According to Salesforce, stockholders with 63% of the voting power in Informatica have committed to approving the deal. ...
Heatseeker AI raises $1.5M in funding for its market research platform
Startup Heatseeker AI has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to build more features for its namesake market research platform. The company, which is incorporated as Heatseeker Technologies Pty Ltd., announced the investment today. Capital F led the round with participation from Euphemia, Even Capital and East End Ventures. Heatseeker is led by Chief Executive ...
WiseTech to buy E2open in $2.1B logistics software acquisition
WiseTech Global Ltd is buying E2open Parent Holdings Inc., a fellow provider of supply chain management software, for $2.1 billion. The companies announced the transaction late Sunday. Austin-based E2open provides a cloud platform that helps more than 6,000 companies manage their supply chains. Its installed base includes Dell Technologies Inc., Cisco Systems Inc. and other ...
Salesforce reportedly renews acquisition talks with Informatica
Salesforce Inc. is in talks to buy data management provider Informatica Inc., multiple publications reported today. Reports that an acquisition could happen first emerged last April. At the time, Reuters reported that Salesforce had offered about $10 billion for Informatica. The negotiations ended shortly thereafter after the companies failed to agree on the acquisition terms. ...
Oracle reported to buy 400,000 Nvidia chips for first Stargate data center
Oracle Corp. is buying $40 billion worth of Nvidia Corp. chips to build a data center for OpenAI, the Financial Times reported today. The deal is believed to involve about 400,000 GB200 Grace Blackwell processors. Each chip combines two of Nvidia’s latest Blackwell B200 graphics cards with a 72-core central processing unit. Oracle will use ...
Trump threatens new tariffs on Apple, Samsung and the EU
U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that new tariffs could be imposed on Apple Inc. devices and products made in the European Union. Trump detailed the potential duties in two Truth Social posts published today. Apple and EU companies could face tariffs of at least 25% and 50%, respectively. Trump later added that the duties imposed ...
Apple reportedly planning to launch smart glasses in late 2026
Apple Inc. plans to expand its consumer electronics lineup next year with artificial intelligence smart glasses, Bloomberg reported today. The device will compete with Meta Platforms Inc.’s Ray-Ban Meta glasses. The latter product series provides music playback, calling, live translation and navigation features. Apple’s upcoming spectacles will reportedly provide many of the same capabilities. The ...
OpenAI to build gigawatt Stargate data center in the UAE
OpenAI today announced plans to build a large artificial intelligence data center in the United Arab Emirates. The facility is expected to consume 1 gigawatt of power at full capacity. One gigawatt corresponds to the electricity usage of about 700,000 homes. According to Reuters, it’s believed that the data center will house about 100,000 graphics ...
Cybersecurity researcher discovers database with millions of login credentials
A cybersecurity researcher has discovered an exposed Elasticsearch database with millions of login credentials, Wired reported today. Jeremiah Fowler found the system on May 6. Usually, Fowler told Wired, it’s possible to identify the operator of such a database by analyzing its contents. That wasn’t possible in this case. He believes that the database was ...
Pay-i launches with $4.9M to ease AI application cost tracking
Pay-i Inc., a startup that helps companies track the financial footprint of their artificial intelligence workloads, launched today with $4.9 million in funding. Fuse Partners and Tola Capital co-led the seed investment. They were joined by Firestreak, Pear VC, Gaia Capital and multiple angel investors. Pear-i is led by Chief Executive Officer David Tepper, a ...