Databricks buys Row Zero and is scouting for more startups to acquire
Databricks has brought cloud spreadsheet startup Row Zero, adding yet another acquisition to its 2026 shopping spree.
Enterprise
Ema raises $77M as AI starts eating into enterprise software and services
Ema has raised $140 million to date and has more than 50 enterprise customers, including Google and Microsoft.
SK Hynix reportedly in talks with Intel to build memory chips in US
SK Hynix told TechCrunch the company hasn’t finalized any plans or arrangements yet.
Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear
Salesforce Koa is built on Nvidia’s open-weight Nemotron model and is trained to do sales, marketing and customer-support tasks.
Jensen Huang explains why Nvidia will grow an astounding 70% next year
Nvidia has its finger in every pie, and sees another year of plenty in its future, Jensen Huang says. But, he insists, its deals are not circular.
Bending Spoons to buy collaboration tools maker Miro for $1.36B, 90% less than its 2022 valuation
Bending Spoons is buying Miro for $1.36 billion, a huge dip in valuation for the workplace collaboration startup, which was valued at $17.5 billion in late 2021.
Sequoia doubles down on Cymphony as AI agents create new enterprise security risks
Cymphony was valued at more than $100 million in a $25 million Series A co-led by Sequoia and SMBC Fin Atlas Beyond Fund.
Google Cloud races to catch up in the AI deployment wars with Accenture deal
Google Cloud expands its enterprise AI push with Accenture, betting on forward-deployed engineers to drive adoption and overcome deployment bottlenecks.
Startup ARR is less secure than ever, new research shows
The AI era has completely broken enterprise buying patterns, and startups haven’t yet figured out how to navigate.
Palo Alto Networks paid $500M for Thrive-backed Console, sources say
The acquisition also leaves Sequoia-backed Serval as the de facto startup leader in AI IT service automation, industry watchers believe.