Adobe to buy Semrush for $1.9 billion
Adobe said it would offer $12 per share for Semrush, almost double the latter’s closing price of $6.89 on Tuesday, before news of the deal.
Commerce
Target joins OpenAI’s growing list of retail apps
OpenAI is pushing deeper into retail, with Target set to debut a new ChatGPT-powered app for shoppers. The app is launching in beta next week.
Agentio secures $40 million from Forerunner as it scales its creator marketplace beyond YouTube
Agentio, which matches creators with brands, is expanding beyond YouTube and testing Meta platforms to facilitate sponsored content.
Agentio secures $40M from Forerunner as it scales its creator marketplace beyond YouTube
Agentio, which matches creators with brands, is expanding beyond YouTube and testing Meta platforms to facilitate sponsored content.
BNPL is expanding fast, and that should worry everyone
As Morris watches his BNPL investments from the other side of the table, he seems to understand the warning signs better than most.
German court rules Google must pay €572M for violating antitrust rules in price comparison sector
A German court has found that Google has abused its dominant market position in the price comparison sector, ruling that the company must pay a total of €572 million ($665.6 million) in damages to two German price comparison companies.
Facebook Marketplace gets new collaborative and social features, Meta AI integrations
Meta is testing collaborative buying to let users invite a friend to join their chat with a seller.
EU launches antitrust probe into how Google’s anti-spam policy affects publishers’ search rankings
The Commission said on Thursday that it had identified that Google is using its spam policy to push news media and other publishers’ websites and content lower in search rankings when they include content from third parties.
Google augments AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you
Google is expanding AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you about local inventory.
