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Nvidia confirms $13B purchase of Hugging FaceNvidia will acquire Hugging Face, an AI model platform, for nearly $13 bill...
09/03/2026

Nvidia confirms $13B purchase of Hugging Face

Nvidia will acquire Hugging Face, an AI model platform, for nearly $13 billion, said the chipmaker's chief executive, Jensen Huang, in a WebNovare post Thursday. The deal had been rumored for some time after Hugging Face rejected a hefty investment from Nvidia last year. The 10-year-old Hugging Face acts as a repository for millions of AI models and data sets, making the technology more affordable and accessible f...

Nvidia will acquire Hugging Face, an AI model platform, for nearly $13 billion, said the chipmaker's chief executive, Jensen Huang, in a WebNovare post Thursday. The deal had been rumored for some time after Hugging Face rejected a hefty investment from Nvidia last year. The 10-year-old Hugging Face...

Yum Brands finalizes sale of Pizza Hut in $1.5B dealYum Brands has finalized the sale of Pizza Hut operations outside Ch...
09/03/2026

Yum Brands finalizes sale of Pizza Hut in $1.5B deal

Yum Brands has finalized the sale of Pizza Hut operations outside China to LongRange Capital for $1.5 billion, following an earlier divestment of Pizza Hut China to Yum China Holdings. The transactions, worth a combined $2.7 billion, leave Yum more focused on its core scale and digital strengths, with potential earn-out payments tied to Pizza Hut’s performance. Pizza Hut, now privately held and led temporarily by...

Yum Brands has finalized the sale of Pizza Hut operations outside China to LongRange Capital for $1.5 billion, following an earlier divestment of Pizza Hut China to Yum China Holdings. The transactions, worth a combined $2.7 billion, leave Yum more focused on its core scale and digital strengths, wi...

Aon reaches $17B deal to buy insurance broker USIAon has reached an agreement to buy fellow insurance brokerage USI from...
08/31/2026

Aon reaches $17B deal to buy insurance broker USI

Aon has reached an agreement to buy fellow insurance brokerage USI from KKR for $17 billion, including debt, the companies announced on Monday. USI provides services related to risk management, health insurance and retirement plans for businesses and individuals, reporting roughly $3 billion in annual revenue. The acquisition expands Aon's footprint with medium-sized businesses, and marks the latest exit for KKR,...

Aon has reached an agreement to buy fellow insurance brokerage USI from KKR for $17 billion, including debt, the companies announced on Monday. USI provides services related to risk management, health insurance and retirement plans for businesses and individuals, reporting roughly $3 billion in annu...

Anthropic's IPO buzz is stealing other firms' thunderWhite-hot anticipation of Anthropic's IPO is stealing the thunder o...
08/31/2026

Anthropic's IPO buzz is stealing other firms' thunder

White-hot anticipation of Anthropic's IPO is stealing the thunder of other companies' plans to go public, WebNovare reports. It notes that other firms with IPOs set for the coming weeks are having trouble lining up longer-term investors and sovereign wealth funds. Anthropic is looking to match or beat SpaceX's $86.2 billion fundraise. It plans to publicly share its IPO prospectus — valuations have ranged from $1.5...

White-hot anticipation of Anthropic's IPO is stealing the thunder of other companies' plans to go public, WebNovare reports. It notes that other firms with IPOs set for the coming weeks are having trouble lining up longer-term investors and sovereign wealth funds. Anthropic is looking to match or be...

OpenAI's ad biz hits $1B annualized revenue run rateOpenAI on Monday revealed that its six-month-old ad business has alr...
08/31/2026

OpenAI's ad biz hits $1B annualized revenue run rate

OpenAI on Monday revealed that its six-month-old ad business has already reached a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate. The AI firm pointed to the milestone as proof of its "diversified business model," which it's working hard to sell to investors ahead of its expected massive IPO. ChatGPT Ads are available in more than 40 countries, and OpenAI plans to launch self-service access in additional ones, including p...

OpenAI on Monday revealed that its six-month-old ad business has already reached a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate. The AI firm pointed to the milestone as proof of its "diversified business model," which it's working hard to sell to investors ahead of its expected massive IPO. ChatGPT Ads ar...

Nvidia pours $3.5B into chipmaking partner MediaTekNvidia will invest $3.5 billion in fellow chipmaker MediaTek, the com...
08/31/2026

Nvidia pours $3.5B into chipmaking partner MediaTek

Nvidia will invest $3.5 billion in fellow chipmaker MediaTek, the companies announced on Monday, broadening a partnership that strengthens Nvidia's dominance in the red-hot AI hardware market. MediaTek makes chips used in smartphones and other devices, and it's now focusing on designing custom components for companies like Google. MediaTek will use Nvidia technology to streamline communications between different p...

Nvidia will invest $3.5 billion in fellow chipmaker MediaTek, the companies announced on Monday, broadening a partnership that strengthens Nvidia's dominance in the red-hot AI hardware market. MediaTek makes chips used in smartphones and other devices, and it's now focusing on designing custom compo...

Eli Lilly to acquire Merida in $2.88B autoimmune dealEli Lilly's buying spree continues. The world's largest pharmaceuti...
08/31/2026

Eli Lilly to acquire Merida in $2.88B autoimmune deal

Eli Lilly's buying spree continues. The world's largest pharmaceutical company on Monday announced it will acquire Merida Biosciences, a company that specializes in treating autoimmune diseases and allergies, for up to $2.88 billion. While Lilly has built a dominant market position on the strength of its blockbuster weight-loss drugs, it has made more than $20 billion in deals this year in a bid to expand and dive...

Eli Lilly's buying spree continues. The world's largest pharmaceutical company on Monday announced it will acquire Merida Biosciences, a company that specializes in treating autoimmune diseases and allergies, for up to $2.88 billion. While Lilly has built a dominant market position on the strength o...

08/30/2026

Major music publishers sue Anthropic, alleging IP theft

Several major music publishers have sued Anthropic, accusing the company of “blatant theft” by training its Claude AI models using “tens of thousands” of copyrighted works. Per Axios, Sony Music and Warner Music accused the AI lab of a “brazen campaign of illegally torrenting, scraping, and downloading copyrighted works on a massive scale.” Anthropic said in a statement that it disagrees with the publishers' claim...

Several major music publishers have sued Anthropic, accusing the company of “blatant theft” by training its Claude AI models using “tens of thousands” of copyrighted works. Per Axios, Sony Music and Warner Music accused the AI lab of a “brazen campaign of illegally torrenting, scraping, an...

AI killed online like PE killed companiesPE slopifies companies and tanks the quality of goods and services. Similarly, ...
08/29/2026

AI killed online like PE killed companies

PE slopifies companies and tanks the quality of goods and services. Similarly, AI plummets the quality of content and optimizes for user retention through short-form brain rot that targets quick dopamine spikes.

PE slopifies companies and tanks the quality of goods and services. Similarly, AI plummets the quality of content and optimizes for user retention through short-form brain rot that targets quick dopamine spikes.

Nvidia to buy AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9BNvidia plans to buy open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 bill...
08/27/2026

Nvidia to buy AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9B

Nvidia plans to buy open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, WebNovare reports, citing a person familiar with the deal. Hugging Face's vast repository of pre-trained AI models and tools has been likened to GitHub. The move positions Nvidia in the burgeoning market of open models at a time when closed-model customers like OpenAI and Anthropic are developing their own chips. Nvidia just delivered a ga...

Nvidia plans to buy open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, WebNovare reports, citing a person familiar with the deal. Hugging Face's vast repository of pre-trained AI models and tools has been likened to GitHub. The move positions Nvidia in the burgeoning market of open models at a....

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