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Exits
Exits
Acquisitions and exits across the frontier · 80 deals · newest first
Anysphere (Cursor)
acquired by
SpaceX
ai coding · Jun 16, 2026 · all-stock, days after SpaceX's Nasdaq IPO; largest-ever acquisition of a VC-backed startup; pending close Q3 2026
$60B
Source ↗
Fin (formerly Intercom)
acquired by
Salesforce
ai · Jun 15, 2026 · AI customer-service platform; pending close
$3.6B
Source ↗
Pronto.ai
acquired by
Atoms
Autonomy · Apr 6, 2026
undisclosed
Source ↗
Fortify
acquired by
Tethon 3D
Materials Science · Mar 25, 2026
undisclosed
Source ↗
Astral
acquired by
OpenAI
devtools · Mar 19, 2026 · maker of Python tools uv and Ruff; terms undisclosed
undisclosed
Source ↗
Wiz
acquired by
Google
Cybersecurity · Mar 11, 2026
$32B
Source ↗
Warner Bros. Discovery
acquired by
Paramount Skydance
media · Feb 27, 2026 · $31/share all-cash after bidding war with Netflix; DOJ cleared June 2026, pending close Q3 2026
$111B
Source ↗
xAI
acquired by
SpaceX
AI Agents & Models · Feb 2, 2026
$250B
Source ↗
Q.ai
acquired by
Apple
ai · Jan 29, 2026 · ~$2B reported, not officially disclosed; Apple's second-largest deal ever
$2.0B
Source ↗
iRobot
acquired by
Shenzhen PICEA Robotics
Smart Homes · Jan 23, 2026
undisclosed
Source ↗
Faculty
acquired by
Accenture
ai · Jan 6, 2026 · UK AI services firm; ~$1B reported value; closed 2026-03-16
$1.0B
Source ↗
Beyond Identity
acquired by
Proofpoint
Digital Identity · Jan 1, 2026
undisclosed
Source ↗
Manus
acquired by
Meta
AI Agents & Models · Dec 30, 2025
$2.0B
Source ↗
Groq
acquired by
Nvidia
semiconductors · Dec 24, 2025 · non-exclusive license to Groq's inference tech plus CEO Jonathan Ross and senior team; Groq continues as an independent company
$20B
Source ↗
Armis
acquired by
ServiceNow
cybersecurity · Dec 23, 2025 · IoT/OT security; ServiceNow's largest acquisition
$7.8B
Source ↗
Ready Player Me
acquired by
Netflix
Avatars · Dec 19, 2025
undisclosed
Source ↗
Chronosphere
acquired by
Palo Alto Networks
observability · Nov 19, 2025 · closed 2026-01-29
$3.4B
Source ↗
Semrush
acquired by
Adobe
martech · Nov 19, 2025 · all-cash $12/share; closed 2026-04-28
$1.9B
Source ↗
9T Labs
acquired by
Biwi SA
Materials Science · Nov 3, 2025
undisclosed
Source ↗
Qorvo
acquired by
Skyworks Solutions
semiconductors · Oct 28, 2025 · $22B combined enterprise value in cash-and-stock RF merger; pending close 2026
$22B
Source ↗
Aligned Data Centers
acquired by
BlackRock GIP, MGX and AIP consortium
data centers · Oct 15, 2025 · largest data-center acquisition on record; Nvidia, Microsoft and xAI in consortium
$40B
Source ↗
ABB Robotics
acquired by
SoftBank Group
robotics · Oct 8, 2025 · carve-out of ABB's robotics division; pending close mid-to-late 2026
$5.4B
Source ↗
Electronic Arts
acquired by
PIF, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners
gaming · Sep 29, 2025 · largest all-cash take-private on record at $210/share; shareholders approved Dec 2025, pending close
$55B
Source ↗
Enfabrica
acquired by
Nvidia
semiconductors · Sep 18, 2025 · reported >$900M for CEO Rochan Sankar, team and a license to its GPU-networking tech; Enfabrica remains standalone
$900M
Source ↗
Sana
acquired by
Workday
ai · Sep 16, 2025 · Swedish enterprise-AI startup; closed 2025-11-04
$1.1B
Source ↗
The Browser Company
acquired by
Atlassian
browsers · Sep 4, 2025 · all-cash; maker of the Arc and Dia browsers
$610M
Source ↗
Statsig
acquired by
OpenAI
devtools · Sep 2, 2025 · all-stock; Statsig CEO Vijaye Raji became OpenAI's applications CTO
$1.1B
Source ↗
Dayforce
acquired by
Thoma Bravo
software · Aug 21, 2025 · HCM take-private at $70/share; closed 2026-02-04
$12B
Source ↗
CyberArk
acquired by
Palo Alto Networks
cybersecurity · Jul 30, 2025 · identity-security push; closed 2026-02-11
$25B
Source ↗
Synthego
acquired by
Perceptive Advisors
Biotech · Jul 18, 2025
undisclosed
Source ↗
Melio
acquired by
Xero
fintech · Jun 25, 2025 · $2.5B upfront plus up to $0.5B contingent; closed 2025-10-15
$2.5B
Source ↗
Scale AI
acquired by
Meta
ai · Jun 12, 2025 · 49% non-voting stake; CEO Alexandr Wang left to lead Meta's superintelligence lab
$14B
Source ↗
Informatica
acquired by
Salesforce
data management · May 27, 2025 · $25/share cash; closed 2025-11-18
$8.0B
Source ↗
io
acquired by
OpenAI
ai hardware · May 21, 2025 · all-stock purchase of Jony Ive's device startup
$6.5B
Source ↗
Deribit
acquired by
Coinbase
crypto · May 8, 2025 · crypto-derivatives exchange; cash plus COIN shares
$2.9B
Source ↗
Deliveroo
acquired by
DoorDash
food delivery · May 6, 2025 · all-cash 180p/share; closed 2025-10-02
$3.9B
Source ↗
Altera (51% stake)
acquired by
Silver Lake
semiconductors · Apr 14, 2025 · majority stake at an $8.75B Altera valuation as Intel divests its FPGA unit; closed 2025-09-12
$8.8B
Source ↗
Hidden Road
acquired by
Ripple
crypto · Apr 8, 2025 · multi-asset prime broker
$1.3B
Source ↗
Dotmatics
acquired by
Siemens
software · Apr 2, 2025 · life-sciences R&D software
$5.1B
Source ↗
X (Twitter)
acquired by
xAI
social media · Mar 28, 2025 · all-stock combination of Musk's AI lab and X; $33B equity value ($45B less $12B debt)
$33B
Source ↗
NinjaTrader
acquired by
Kraken
fintech · Mar 20, 2025 · futures trading platform; closed 2025-05-01
$1.5B
Source ↗
Niantic (games business)
acquired by
Scopely
gaming · Mar 12, 2025 · includes Pokemon Go; Niantic kept its geospatial AI arm
$3.5B
Source ↗
Moveworks
acquired by
ServiceNow
AI Agents & Models · Mar 10, 2025
$2.9B
Source ↗
HashiCorp
acquired by
IBM
Cloud & Edge Computing · Feb 27, 2025
$6.4B
Source ↗
Humane
acquired by
HP
Wearables · Feb 18, 2025
$116M
Source ↗
SolarWinds
acquired by
Turn/River Capital
software · Feb 7, 2025 · take-private at $18.50/share; closed 2025-04-16
$4.4B
Source ↗
Pixelmator
acquired by
Apple
creative software · Nov 1, 2024 · terms undisclosed; completed February 2025
undisclosed
Source ↗
Terran Orbital
acquired by
Lockheed Martin
Space Tech · Oct 30, 2024
$450M
Source ↗
Altair Engineering
acquired by
Siemens
software · Oct 30, 2024 · simulation and industrial software at $113/share; completed 2025
$11B
Source ↗
Smartsheet
acquired by
Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners
software · Sep 24, 2024 · take-private at $56.50/share; closed 2025-01-22
$8.4B
Source ↗
Recorded Future
acquired by
Mastercard
cybersecurity · Sep 12, 2024 · threat-intelligence firm bought from Insight Partners; closed Q4 2024
$2.6B
Source ↗
Level Home
acquired by
ASSA ABLOY
Smart Homes · Sep 10, 2024
undisclosed
Source ↗
Brilliant
acquired by
Almeida Strategic Investments
Smart Homes · Aug 28, 2024
undisclosed
Source ↗
ZT Systems
acquired by
AMD
ai infrastructure · Aug 19, 2024 · AI server maker; manufacturing arm later sold to Sanmina
$4.9B
Source ↗
Character.AI
acquired by
Google
ai · Aug 2, 2024 · reported $2.7B non-exclusive license fee; founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas returned to Google
$2.7B
Source ↗
Lacework
acquired by
Fortinet
Cybersecurity · Aug 1, 2024
undisclosed
Source ↗
Ambri
acquired by
Lender consortium (Section 363 sale)
Materials Science · Jul 31, 2024
undisclosed
Source ↗
Silo AI
acquired by
AMD
ai · Jul 10, 2024 · all-cash purchase of Europe's largest private AI lab; closed 2024-08-09
$665M
Source ↗
Paramount Global
acquired by
Skydance Media
media · Jul 7, 2024 · formed Paramount Skydance; closed 2025-08-07 after FCC approval
$8.0B
Source ↗
Onfido
acquired by
Entrust
Digital Identity · Apr 9, 2024
$650M
Source ↗
AgeX Therapeutics
acquired by
Serina Therapeutics
Longevity · Mar 26, 2024
undisclosed
Source ↗
Inflection AI
acquired by
Microsoft
ai · Mar 19, 2024 · model license plus hiring of Mustafa Suleyman and most of the team; Inflection continued as a shell
$650M
Source ↗
Splunk
acquired by
Cisco
Cybersecurity · Mar 18, 2024
$28B
Source ↗
Ansys
acquired by
Synopsys
eda · Jan 16, 2024 · chip-design software meets simulation; closed 2025-07-17
$35B
Source ↗
Juniper Networks
acquired by
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
networking · Jan 9, 2024 · closed 2025-07-02 after DOJ settlement required divesting Instant On
$14B
Source ↗
VMware
acquired by
Broadcom
Cloud & Edge Computing · Nov 23, 2023
$61B
Source ↗
Carbon Engineering
acquired by
Occidental Petroleum
Climate Tech · Nov 3, 2023
$1.1B
Source ↗
OneWeb
acquired by
Eutelsat
Space Tech · Sep 28, 2023
undisclosed
Source ↗
Vivint Smart Home
acquired by
NRG Energy
Smart Homes · Mar 10, 2023
$2.8B
Source ↗
Zymergen
acquired by
Ginkgo Bioworks
Biotech · Jul 25, 2022
$300M
Source ↗
Twitter
acquired by
Elon Musk
social media · Apr 25, 2022 · $54.20/share cash; closed 2022-10-27 after Musk's attempted termination
$44B
Source ↗
Activision Blizzard
acquired by
Microsoft
gaming · Jan 18, 2022 · all-cash $95/share; closed 2023-10-13 after global regulatory fights
$69B
Source ↗
Brud
acquired by
Dapper Labs
Avatars · Oct 4, 2021
undisclosed
Source ↗
Auth0
acquired by
Okta
Digital Identity · May 3, 2021
$6.5B
Source ↗
Fitbit
acquired by
Google
Wearables · Jan 14, 2021
$2.1B
Source ↗
Slack
acquired by
Salesforce
enterprise software · Dec 1, 2020 · cash and stock; closed 2021-07-21
$28B
Source ↗
Xilinx
acquired by
AMD
semiconductors · Oct 27, 2020 · all-stock; ~$49B by the 2022-02-14 close
$35B
Source ↗
resTORbio
acquired by
Adicet Bio
Longevity · Sep 15, 2020
undisclosed
Source ↗
Zoox
acquired by
Amazon
Autonomy · Jun 26, 2020
$1.2B
Source ↗
Packet
acquired by
Equinix
Cloud & Edge Computing · Mar 3, 2020
$335M
Source ↗