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IREN acquires Mirantis for $625 million to integrate its cloud-native Kubernetes and AI infrastructure software into IREN's data centers, aiming to offer a full AI cloud platform.

SpaceX is partnering with Cursor to build advanced AI for coding and knowledge work, with an option to acquire Cursor for $60 billion later this year.

Cursor has been acquired by SpaceX, marking a strategic exit as it recognized it couldn’t compete with Anthropic.

SpaceX has agreed to acquire AI coding editor startup Cursor for $60 billion, marking one of the largest AI-tool acquisitions to date.

A 20-year-old U.S. student built millimeter-accurate motion-capture hardware with $3 in parts and Claude Code overnight, then sold the project for $230k a week later.

OpenAI has acquired TBPN, a media platform focused on AI and tech industry conversation, to strengthen its communications strategy and help convey AI's impact to broader audiences. The acquisition preserves TBPN's editorial independence while bringing their communications and marketing expertise into OpenAI's Strategy organization.

OpenAI announced its acquisition of Astral, a company behind widely-used open source Python developer tools including uv, Ruff, and ty, to integrate their tools with Codex and enhance AI-powered software development workflows. The acquisition aims to accelerate Codex's capabilities to assist developers across the entire development lifecycle.

OpenAI is acquiring Promptfoo, an AI security platform used by over 25% of Fortune 500 companies, to integrate security testing and evaluation capabilities into OpenAI Frontier for building AI agents. The acquisition will enhance enterprise capabilities for identifying vulnerabilities, compliance, and governance in AI systems.

OpenAI has agreed to acquire neptune.ai, a platform for experiment tracking and model monitoring, to strengthen its research infrastructure and improve visibility into how frontier models learn during training.

OpenAI has acquired Software Applications Incorporated, the maker of Sky, a natural language AI interface for Mac that can understand screen context and take actions in apps. Sky's macOS integration and team will be folded into ChatGPT to enhance its ability to help users get things done on their computers.

OpenAI acquires Statsig and appoints Vijaye Raji as CTO of Applications, bringing his experimentation platform expertise to lead product engineering for ChatGPT and Codex. Statsig will operate independently while becoming integrated into OpenAI's infrastructure.

Jony Ive's io Products, Inc. team has officially merged with OpenAI, with Ive and his design collective LoveFrom assuming deep design and creative responsibilities across the company. The collaboration aims to develop AI products that prioritize design excellence and human-centered innovation.

OpenAI acquires Rockset, a real-time analytics database company, to integrate its data indexing and querying capabilities into OpenAI's retrieval infrastructure and AI products.

OpenAI has acquired Global Illumination, a company specializing in AI-powered creative tools and digital experiences, with the entire team joining OpenAI to work on core products including ChatGPT.