In a recent legal dispute, Elon Musk's lawyer stated that if OpenAI decides to abandon its transition to a for-profit company, they will withdraw the $97.4 billion acquisition offer for OpenAI's non-profit division. This news has sparked widespread attention in the tech community. Musk has long opposed OpenAI's transition from a non-profit organization to a for-profit enterprise. He believes that OpenAI should adhere to its original non-profit mission to ensure that its technology development and applications benefit all of humanity. In contrast,

At the recent AI Action Summit held in Paris, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman strongly responded to Elon Musk's acquisition proposal. According to reports, Musk's consortium plans to acquire a controlling stake in OpenAI for $97.4 billion. Altman opposed this, pointing out that it is the latest move in Musk's series of strategies. He believes Musk's intention may be to slow down OpenAI's development. In the interview, Altman candidly stated that OpenAI is not a

Recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk once again put pressure on OpenAI, proposing to acquire control of the company for $97.4 billion. In response, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman quickly took to social media platform X, saying 'No, thanks.' His reply humorously suggested that if Musk was willing, they could use $9.74 billion to buy Twitter. According to The Wall Street Journal, Musk's acquisition proposal was initiated by his AI startup xAI and received

On January 7, 2025, Beijing Zero One Everything Technology Co., Ltd. refuted recent online rumors regarding 'Alibaba acquiring Zero One Everything'. The company clearly stated that these rumors are untrue and denied the related false statements. Zero One Everything emphasized that its collaboration with Alibaba Cloud is based on deep cooperation in technology, computing power, business, and talent, rather than an acquisition relationship.

In 2024, NVIDIA significantly increased its efforts in venture capital, investing as much as $1 billion across 50 different funding rounds and several corporate acquisitions. This figure marks a substantial rise from $872 million and 39 funding rounds in 2023. After profiting $9 billion from AI chip sales, NVIDIA is concentrating resources on 'core AI' companies that require substantial computing power, many of which are also NVIDIA's clients. The investment list for 2024 includes some well-known companies.

Recently, as Nvidia announced the acquisition of the Israeli workload management startup Run.ai, several civil organizations and think tanks in Europe have called for the EU Commission to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the deal. The specific amount of the acquisition has not been disclosed, but reports state that after four rounds of financing since its founding in 2018, Run.ai reached a valuation of $700 million. Image source note: The image is AI-generated, with licensing provided by Midjourney. Run.ai's core product is a central user interface and control platform that allows users.

Salesforce has acquired the AI voice assistant startup Tenyx to enhance the interactivity of its customer service system and meet user needs through a natural and smooth conversational experience. Tenyx's technology has been applied in various fields such as e-commerce, healthcare, and hospitality, and will become an essential part of Salesforce's customer service system. The transaction is expected to be completed by October 31, 2024, with the Tenyx team joining Salesforce to continue product development. The acquisition aims to leverage AI fully.

AMD announced that it has officially completed the acquisition of Silo AI, one of Europe's largest private artificial intelligence laboratories. The transaction is valued at approximately $665 million, equivalent to around 4.77 billion yuan based on the latest exchange rate, and AMD will pay the entire amount in cash.

The US Justice Department is investigating Nvidia's acquisition of Israeli AI startup Run:ai, suspecting that it may violate antitrust laws. In April of this year, Nvidia announced the acquisition but did not disclose the price, which is estimated to be around $700 million. The Justice Department has inquired about the transaction's competitive impacts from market participants, but the scope of the investigation is unclear. Nvidia stated that it complies with the law, supports industry innovation, and is willing to provide any necessary information. Run:ai has not responded to requests for comment. US regulators are ramping up scrutiny of anticompetitive behavior in the AI sector, particularly concerning large tech companies.

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is exploring the possibility of acquiring chatbot manufacturer Character.AI, a move aimed at further testing and developing xAI's own Grok chatbot.

Online design platform Canva has announced its plan to acquire Australia-based generative AI content and research startup Leonardo.ai, as part of its goal to build a 'world-class visual AI toolkit.' While the financial terms of the deal have yet to be disclosed, Canva will gain access to a range of user-customizable text-to-image and text-to-video generators from Leonardo.ai.

Google's parent company, Alphabet, is preparing for a major acquisition. According to The Wall Street Journal, Alphabet is in deep negotiations with cloud security company Wiz, with the deal potentially valued at $23 billion, which could become the largest acquisition in Alphabet's history.Wiz specializes in providing comprehensive cloud security solutions, capable of collecting data from major cloud platforms and conducting security risk analysis. Industry insiders believe this move aims to str

SoftBank recently officially announced the acquisition of the UK artificial intelligence chip company Graphcore, making it a fully-owned subsidiary. Although the specific transaction amount has not been publicly disclosed, Graphcore co-founder and CEO Nigel Toon stated that this is a positive outcome for most people. Graphcore was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Bristol, UK, where it developed a new processor called the "Intelligent Processing Unit" (IPU). Unlike the Graphics Processing

AI voice technology company SoundHound has announced its acquisition of food ordering platform Allset, a move that could fundamentally change people's dining experience. Allset claims to be a complete ecosystem for ordering food via cars, TVs, and smart devices, and this acquisition signifies that SoundHound is taking a critical step in the field of smart voice ordering.