NetApp Plans PEAK AIO Deal to Scale AI File Infrastructure
What happened NetApp has announced its intent to acquire PEAK:AIO, a Manchester-based software-defined storage specialist focused on next-generation metadata architecture and high-performance parallel file systems for AI workloads. The planned deal is meant to accelerate NetApp’s AI infrastructure roadmap by pairing PEAK:AIO’s metadata services and parallel namespace design with NetApp ONTAP, the buyer’s long-standing data-management […]
Databricks Acquires Row Zero to Put Governed Spreadsheets Inside Genie
What happened Databricks has acquired Row Zero, a spreadsheet built for humans and software agents to work on the same live data set. The deal, announced on 24 September 2026, folds Row Zero into Genie, Databricks’ AI coworker for business teams. Genie already answers questions such as why margins moved or where a sales pipeline […]
SP Global to Acquire OpenZeppelin for Onchain Finance Security
S&P Global has agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin, the smart-contract security firm whose open-source libraries sit under much of todays onchain finance stack. Terms were not disclosed. Closing remains subject to customary conditions. OpenZeppelin will keep its name and operate as a standalone unit led by CEO Demian Brener, who will report to Yann Le Pallec, […]
SoftBank Upsizes OpenAI Debt Push With Nearly 12 Billion Loan
SoftBank Group is turning a landmark OpenAI equity bet into a running capital-markets exercise. Fresh financing details show the Japanese conglomerate sealed an roughly $11.87 billion two-year loan, upsized from a $10 billion target and backed by commitments from about 20 banks, to support its OpenAI investment. That facility arrives as SoftBank also moves to […]