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Zoom buys Onyx, keeping its enterprise search open source
Onyx, founded in 2023, connects to more than 50 business applications and feeds context to people and AI agents. Zoom says it stays standalone, model-agnostic and self-hostable inside Zoom AI Services.
23 Oct 2026
Opaque Systems winds down as its confidential AI team joins Anthropic
The Berkeley RISELab spin-out is closing its business; its open-source agent trust projects carry on at AgenTrust and its summit moves to the Linux Foundation. Customers need a migration plan.
22 Oct 2026
Aikido buys Cyberly and Outkept to launch Noon for employee security
The Ghent developer-security company bought the Warsaw attack-simulation start-up and the Belgian phishing-training firm in September; Noon combines email security, AI governance and device protection.
20 Oct 2026
Salesforce agrees to buy Braze for about $5.66bn in cash
Braze shareholders get $47.50 a share; the customer engagement platform, used by about 2,770 brands including Canva and Instacart, would join Marketing Cloud, with closing expected in Salesforce's fiscal 2028.
20 Oct 2026
Boomi buys Elementary to add data observability to its platform
Elementary began as an open-source project in 2022 and says 1,500 data teams use it; Boomi, which bought Lunar.dev and Rivery before it, did not disclose terms.
19 Oct 2026
SITA agrees to acquire Collins Aerospace Airport Solutions
The air transport IT provider will add check-in, self-service, bag drop and airport operations systems to its portfolio. Price and staff numbers are not disclosed; completion is planned for the first half of 2027.
17 Oct 2026
Proofpoint agrees to buy Varonis for about $6.3 billion in cash
The Thoma Bravo-owned email security firm adds Varonis's data security platform. Varonis tells customers nothing changes before the deal closes, expected in the first half of 2027.
16 Oct 2026
Lineal buys Swiss forensics and eDiscovery firm Forentec
The Kansas City legal technology company gains a base in Switzerland and Forentec's cyber security and OSINT teams. Founder Lionel Bloch stays; no price was given.
15 Oct 2026
Intuit agrees to buy Sequence to bring usage billing to QuickBooks
Sequence, founded in 2021 and based in London and New York, automates quoting, billing, collections and revenue recognition. Terms were not disclosed; Intuit will keep supporting Sequence customers.
15 Oct 2026
Zeta Global to acquire Toronto AI firm Senso, terms undisclosed
Senso, founded in 2017 and a Y Combinator company, helps brands appear in answers from AI chatbots. Its team moves to Zeta, which gives no price or closing date.
7 Oct 2026
FICO to cut about 15% of positions in AI-driven restructuring
A $27.0 million severance charge lands in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, and the plan should be substantially complete by the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2027.
7 Oct 2026
Accenture completes purchase of Danish software firm Mjølner Informatics
Mjølner, founded in 1988 in Aarhus, serves energy, utilities and manufacturing clients in western Denmark, and Accenture will keep providing IT services to its former owner Norlys.
6 Oct 2026
Ryan buys Brazilian tax technology firm Comtax to enter Brazil
Comtax was founded in 2018 and works on SAP and Oracle tax integrations for large Brazilian companies; Ryan had almost no Brazilian staff before the deal, Baguete reports.
6 Oct 2026
Constellation's Volaris buys Brazilian restaurant software maker Teknisa
The 1990-founded company serves more than 900 customers in Brazil, according to Volaris, and joins a portfolio where Constellation has made about 20 Brazilian purchases since 2019, Baguete reports.
6 Oct 2026
Sendcloud buys Sendy and ends shipping on it after 31 October
Sendcloud has bought the Veenendaal platform aimed at small web shops. Terms were not disclosed, and Sendy customers must rebuild their integrations, shipping rules and shop branding in Sendcloud.
6 Oct 2026
SAP to buy Belgian AI skills platform TechWolf, closing in Q4
TechWolf, founded as a Ghent University project, will stay a separate company under its CEO and keep serving customers that do not run SAP. Financial terms are not disclosed.
6 Oct 2026
HubSpot cuts about 660 jobs, 7% of its workforce, in a reorganisation
Chief executive Yamini Rangan says the cuts are not driven by AI savings. Product teams move from Hubs to customer outcomes, and severance runs to 30 weeks of base pay.
6 Oct 2026
Schneider Electric agrees to acquire PTC for $205 a share, with closing expected by Q3 2027
PTC and Schneider Electric signed a merger agreement on 4 October and announced it on 5 October: $205 in cash per share, about $22.6bn for the equity, closing anticipated by Q3 2027 subject to shareholder, HSR and…
5 Oct 2026
BT Group buys TalkTalk and PlatformX out of administration; DCMS issues a public interest notice and a regulatory review follows
BT says it acquired TalkTalk Telecommunications and PlatformX Communications debt-free on 5 October, covering 1.5 million retail and 1 million wholesale customers. The UK government has intervened under the Enterprise…
5 Oct 2026
NEOPAY agrees to acquire a 65 percent controlling stake in noon payments, adding Saudi Arabia and Egypt, subject to approvals
UAE payments company NEOPAY signed a definitive agreement on 5 October 2026 to buy 65 percent of noon payments, which operates in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Completion needs regulatory and antitrust approval; no…
5 Oct 2026
Swiss sovereign-cloud provider Infomaniak lists on SIX Swiss Exchange
Infomaniak, the Geneva-based cloud and collaboration provider, started trading on SIX Swiss Exchange on 1 October 2026 through a reverse takeover of Perrot Duval Holding, with a market value of about CHF 262 million at…
5 Oct 2026
Inworld acquires Seattle voice AI company Ultravox; Ultravox customers move to Inworld's voice technology
Inworld has acquired Ultravox, the Seattle voice AI company that began as Fixie, for an undisclosed sum. Both companies' sites carry the news, and Ultravox customers are to be upgraded to Inworld's Realtime TTS-2 voice…
4 Oct 2026
Claro completes purchase of 72.83% of Brazilian broadband provider Desktop for R$1.75 billion; tender offer and B3 exit to follow
Claro NXT closed its purchase of control of Desktop on 1 October 2026 at R$20.63 a share; a tender offer, conversion to category B and exit from the Novo Mercado are planned, and the price may still be adjusted.
3 Oct 2026
Snyk’s accounts show it cut about 203 jobs, about a fifth of its staff: what customers of the security vendor should check
A UK Companies House filing by Snyk, the developer-security vendor, states a reduction in force of about 203 employees, about 20% of its global workforce, more than double the earlier press figure. What customers…
2 Oct 2026
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