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Acquisition news on the Startups desk

GetYourBrief recorded 12 acquisition news events on the Startups desk since February 2026, 0 of them in the last 30 days.

How often does it come up?

Acquisition events per month on the Startups desk. Source: GetYourBrief's record of the outlets' reports. April 2026 and May 2026: the intake of reports was interrupted, so these months undercount.

The latest acquisition news

  1. Jul 23 Sifted acquires Onstage to expand founder events business 2
  2. Jul 15 Report: Stripe and Advent offer $53B to acquire PayPal 5
  3. Jul 10 Seeking Alpha: “Gladstone Investment acquires DHE Computer Systems” 2
  4. Jun 15 investors.com: “Salesforce To Acquire AI Agent Maker Fin In $3.6 Billion Deal” 1
  5. Apr 14 OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro 2
  6. Mar 19 OpenAI plans to acquire startup Astral 4
  7. Mar 17 aninews.in: “WeCP, built by Abhishek Kaushik, gets acquired by Invisible to train AI models” 2
  8. Mar 12 newjerseytelegraph.com (Big News Network): “ThriveCart Acquires Automated Webinar Platform, Stealth Seminar” 1
  9. Mar 5 channelnewsasia.com: “Netflix acquires Ben Affleck's AI film-tech firm” 2
  10. Feb 27 Fidel acquires majority stake in Japan-based IM Corporation 2
  11. Feb 15 Altman says OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI 3

Who is named most?

  1. OpenAI 3

Counted over the 12 events listed above. Source: GetYourBrief's record of the outlets' reports.

Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).