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acquisition
3 concise briefings covering acquisition.
TechCrunch AI
25 Jul 2026
Cognition bought conversational startup Poke to bring Poke’s interaction model and style into its coding agent, Devin. TechCrunch reports the move reflects a belief that assistant interaction design matters as much as underlying models.
TechCrunch AI
16 Jul 2026
Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has acquired AI startup Shaped, which builds real-time recommendation and search systems. The acquisition is intended to enhance Whatnot’s personalization and discovery as it adds new product categories, TechCrunch reports.
Data Center Dynamics
10 Jul 2026
Scaleway has acquired Qarnot to integrate the latter’s high-performance computing technology into its cloud platform. The move aims to enhance Scaleway’s cloud offerings with specialized HPC services, according to Data Center Dynamics.