OpenAI to acquire developer tooling startup Astral

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026, in Washington. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images OpenAI on Thursday announced it’s acquiring Astral, a small startup that builds popular open source tools for software developers. Astral’s team will join OpenAI and help build out its artificial intelligence coding assistant called […]


Allegiant to acquire Sun Country Airlines for $1.5B

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Low-cost airline Allegiant will acquire Sun Country Airlines in a deal valued at about $1.5 billion, including debt, the companies said on Sunday. As part of the agreement, Sun Country shareholders will receive 0.1557 Allegiant shares and $4.10 in cash for each share, valuing the stock at $18.89, representing a premium of about 19.8% to its Friday close of $15.77. The […]


Paramount Skydance is currently winning the war to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery

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Paramount Skydance has the inside track to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, according to well-placed media executives — and it’s all about a cable network that has a troubled relationship with Donald Trump. As first reported by The Post, the battle for control of WBD officially kicked off on Thursday at noon, as Paramount Skydance, Comcast […]


Goldman Sachs agrees to acquire $7 billion VC firm Industry Ventures

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David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., during an interview for an episode of “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” in New York, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire Industry Ventures, a venture capital firm with $7 billion in […]


E.l.f. Beauty to acquire Hailey Bieber brand Rhode in $1 billion deal

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Hailey Bieber attends the Rhode UK launch party with Hailey Bieber at Chiltern Firehouse on May 17, 2023 in London, England.  Dave Benett | Dave Benett Collection | Getty Images E.l.f. Beauty announced on Wednesday plans to acquire Hailey Bieber’s beauty brand Rhode in a deal worth up to $1 billion as the cosmetics company […]


SoftBank to acquire chip designer Ampere in $6.5 billion deal

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The logo of Japanese company SoftBank Group is seen outside the company’s headquarters in Tokyo on January 22, 2025.  Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images SoftBank Group said Wednesday that it will acquire Ampere Computing, a startup that designed an Arm-based server chip, for $6.5 billion. The Japanese giant expects the deal to close […]