Upwind acquires Aegis as cybersecurity firm builds new AI Security Labs
Upwind acquires Aegis as cybersecurity firm builds new AI Security Labs

The cybersecurity industry is increasingly focused on how artificial intelligence can reshape both defensive technology and the threat landscape. Upwind is responding by acquiring AI security startup Aegis and launching a new research and engineering i…

Dragos closes its NetRise and runZero deals as Accenture takes control
Dragos closes its NetRise and runZero deals as Accenture takes control

“It’s about whether the lights stay on and the water stays safe when an adversary attacks,” said Dmitri Alperovitch, the CrowdStrike co-founder who is returning to the board of Dragos. The industrial cybersecurity company said on Monday it has closed i…

Insta360 spent $298m on memory chips in six months. GoPro’s shareholders are getting $285m in cash for the entire company.
Insta360 spent $298m on memory chips in six months. GoPro’s shareholders are getting $285m in cash for the entire company.

Insta360 opened its first American store on Saturday at 1515 Broadway, in the middle of Times Square. It is the company’s second self-operated shop outside China, after Tokyo in August. The ribbon-cutting is the least interesting part. Iris Deng interv…

Beacon buys Haize Labs to stop its AI agents going wrong
Beacon buys Haize Labs to stop its AI agents going wrong

“The Fortune 500 will have no shortage of AI,” said Leonard Tang, co-founder and chief executive of Haize Labs. “The harder problem is making AI useful for the businesses that power the rest of the economy, where most humans work and receive value.” Ta…

Cohere and Aleph Alpha sign, with headquarters in Berlin and Toronto
Cohere and Aleph Alpha sign, with headquarters in Berlin and Toronto

“No government or enterprise should have to choose between capable AI and control over their technology,” said Aidan Gomez, Cohere’s chief executive. Canada’s Cohere and Germany’s Aleph Alpha have signed a definitive business combination agreement, the…

OpenAI buys camera startup Glass Imaging for over $300m, WSJ reports
OpenAI buys camera startup Glass Imaging for over $300m, WSJ reports

OpenAI has bought Glass Imaging, a startup that uses AI to improve smartphone cameras, in a deal that values it at more than $300m. The Wall Street Journal reported the purchase on 14 September, citing people familiar with the matter. According to the …

Baseten buys Blaxel, a startup that builds sandboxes for AI agents
Baseten buys Blaxel, a startup that builds sandboxes for AI agents

AI inference company Baseten has acquired Blaxel, a startup that builds secure execution environments, or sandboxes, for AI agents. Baseten co-founder and chief technology officer Amir Haghighat told Axios Pro about the deal, which the outlet reported …

Salesforce closes Fin and eyes $2bn Listen Labs, Business Insider reports
Salesforce closes Fin and eyes $2bn Listen Labs, Business Insider reports

Salesforce completed its acquisition of Fin on Thursday, bringing the customer service AI company formerly known as Intercom into its business. The same week, Business Insider’s Katie Roof and Ben Bergman reported that Salesforce has held talks to buy …

Bending Spoons agrees to buy Miro for $1.355bn, weeks after Airtable
Bending Spoons agrees to buy Miro for $1.355bn, weeks after Airtable

“It’s a privilege, and no small responsibility, to welcome a product that over 250,000 organizations have integrated into their workflows,” said Luca Ferrari, the chief executive and co-founder of Bending Spoons. His Milan-based group has agreed to buy…

Silver Lake is merging Cegid and Silae into a €10bn French software group
Silver Lake is merging Cegid and Silae into a €10bn French software group

Silver Lake is merging two companies it already owns. Cegid and Silae are both French. Both are majority-owned by the American private equity firm. On Wednesday they announced their intention to merge. The deal is expected to value the combined group a…