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.
Social media giant Facebook have acquired Redkix, an email and messaging software that will now form part of Workplace, Facebook’s subscription-based social network for businesses.
“I am delighted that Worcester-based Airband, one of rural Britain’s leading independent wireless and fibre ISPs, has raised £8.5m to fund its ongoing network build”
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.
As technology change has never been faster, the healthcare sector has remained a relatively slow-moving beast – but that is now changing.
Amazon has bought PillPack, an online pharmacy business, in a deal that shows that Amazon is serious about moving into healthcare as it aims to become the go-to place for consumers’ every need.
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.
KKR has announced plans to buy BMC Software in a deal reported to be valued at $8.5 billion.
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