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AMD to Acquire World Labs for $8.2B in All-Stock AI Deal

September 28, 2026 by Bruno
AI-generated editorial image: An executive boardroom table with an architectural scale model of a clean semiconductor facility and a closed navy binder.

AMD agreed to acquire spatial AI startup World Labs for $8.2 billion in common stock, leveraging its $1T valuation to avoid debt in a high-yield market.

Categories M&A & Tender Offers, Technology Tags ai acquisitions, AMD, capital markets, fei-fei li, mergers and acquisitions, world labs

Listen Labs Walks $1.5B Round to Weigh $2B Salesforce Sale

September 12, 2026September 10, 2026 by Bruno
Listen Labs Walks $1.5B Round to Weigh $2B Salesforce Sale

AI customer-research startup Listen Labs shelved a $125M Menlo Series C at a $1.5B valuation to chase $2B Salesforce takeover talks — a 67x revenue multiple.

Categories Artificial Intelligence Tags ai acquisitions, capital markets, listen labs, menlo ventures, Salesforce, venture capital

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