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Accenture to acquire Seattle network data company Ookla in $1.2B deal

Ziff Davis has agreed to sell its Connectivity division — which includes Ookla, the Seattle-based network analytics company known for its flagship Speedtest app — to Accenture in a $1.2 billion deal announced Tuesday. Read More

Seattle startup Griptape acquired by creative software firm Foundry

Griptape built a platform that helps companies securely manage and coordinate multiple AI models and agents. Foundry said the deal will boost its push into AI-powered production tools. Read More

Highspot merging with rival Seismic in major sales software deal

Highspot is one of Seattle’s most prominent enterprise software companies and has raised $650 million since launching in 2011. Read More

Harbor Health acquires Seattle dementia care startup Rippl

Rippl, a Seattle-based software startup that built a dementia care platform, has been acquired by Harbor Health, an Austin-based healthcare… Read More

Rover acquires Meowtel, a cat-sitting marketplace in the U.S.

Seattle-based Rover Group has acquired Meowtel, a cat-focused pet-sitting marketplace, as the company expands deeper into specialized care for pet owners. Read More

Seattle-area startup Included acquired by Phenom in HR software deal

Included launched five years ago in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the widespread move by companies nationwide to better support racial and ethnic diversity throughout their operations. Read More

Microsoft acquires data analytics startup Osmos to fuel push into ‘autonomous data engineering’

Instead of selling tools alongside data platforms, Osmos’ technology will live inside one. Read More

Joon Care, a Seattle-based mental health startup serving youth, acquired by Handspring Health

Seattle-based mental health startup Joon Care was acquired by Handspring Health. The companies both launched to provide online care for youth and young adults. Read More

Palo Alto Networks paying $3.3B to acquire observability startup Chronosphere, which has roots in Seattle

Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks announced Wednesday it will acquire Chronosphere in a deal valued at $3.35 billion. Founded in… Read More

UJET acquires Seattle conversational analytics startup Spiral to boost AI customer service tools

Founded in 2018 by former Amazon engineers, Spiral uses AI to automatically detect and categorize issues raised across phone calls, chats, emails, surveys and social media Read More

Cadence to acquire Seattle startup ChipStack to boost chip design automation

ChipStack emerged from Seattle’s AI2 Incubator in 2023 and raised more than $7 million. The startup built AI-powered agents that automate chip verification — traditionally one of the most time-intensive steps in semiconductor design. Read More

Veeam to acquire Securiti AI for $1.7B, boosting company’s data protection platform

Veeam Software, the data backup and recovery company that recently moved its headquarters to the Seattle area, announced plans to… Read More

Seattle recruiting tech startup Humanly acquires 3 companies to expand AI hiring platform

Seattle-based startup Humanly is buying three recruiting technology companies — Sprockets, Qualifi, and HourWork — as it aims to build… Read More

Qualtrics to acquire healthcare data giant Press Ganey Forsta in $6.75B deal

Qualtrics is making its largest acquisition ever with a $6.75 billion deal to buy Press Ganey Forsta in a bid boost the company’s experience management platform. Read More

Founders at Seattle startup WhyLabs join Apple following under-the-radar acquisition

Apple has officially absorbed the founding team of WhyLabs, the Seattle startup it acquired in a secretive deal. GeekWire first… Read More

F5 paying $180M to acquire CalypsoAI to boost AI enterprise security offerings

Seattle-based security and application delivery giant F5 will pay $180 million to acquire CalypsoAI, a startup founded in 2018 that… Read More

Spokane fintech startup Treasury4 acquires TreasuryGo

Treasury4, a Spokane, Wash.-based startup that sells software for treasury management, acquired TreasuryGo, a Seattle-area company offering similar financial technology… Read More

CoreWeave to acquire OpenPipe, a Seattle-area startup that uses reinforcement learning to help companies build AI agents

CoreWeave said it will acquire OpenPipe, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that helps developers train AI agents using reinforcement learning. Terms… Read More

Seattle-based Avail acquired by Upstack in tech consultancy deal

Seattle-based tech consulting firm Avail Partners has been acquired by Upstack, a New York City-based IT advisory platform that helps… Read More

Rover to acquire Australia-based pet sitting marketplace Mad Paws

Seattle-based Rover is set to acquire Mad Paws, a pet-sitting company that describes itself as Australia’s leading online pet ecosystem.… Read More

QorusDocs acquires Shark Finesse to boost sales proposal platform

QorusDocs, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that uses artificial intelligence to help businesses write proposals and respond to RFPs, has acquired… Read More

Samsung acquiring Seattle tech startup Xealth to boost digital health ambitions

Samsung Electronics is acquiring Seattle-based digital health startup Xealth, aiming to expand its footprint in healthcare. Founded in 2017 as… Read More

Banzai’s $53M Act-On acquisition falls apart after funding collapses

Banzai International’s $53.2 million acquisition of Portland’s Act-On Software unraveled after the Seattle-area company’s funding fell through, a regulatory filing… Read More

DoorDash pays $175M to acquire Symbiosys, an adtech startup with roots in Seattle region

Food delivery giant DoorDash announced the acquisition of Symbiosys, an advertising tech startup founded by a former Google leader and… Read More

HR giant UKG acquires Seattle-based employee scheduling software company Shiftboard

HR and payroll corporation UKG has acquired Shiftboard, a Seattle company that sells employee scheduling software. Terms of the deal… Read More

F5 acquires Fletch, a San Francisco cybersecurity startup that helps companies flag threats

Seattle-based application delivery and security giant F5 has acquired Fletch, a San Francisco startup founded in 2020 that uses AI… Read More

Vista Equity Partners to acquire Acumatica in latest Seattle-area enterprise software deal

Follow-up: Acumatica CEO on the secret sauce behind company’s growth — and its next chapter with Vista Vista Equity Partners… Read More

Home inspection software startup Inspectify acquires energy reporting platform Joule

Inspectify, a Seattle startup that sells home inspection software, acquired Joule, a small company that provides energy efficiency insights from… Read More

Did Apple just buy another Seattle startup? Clues point to secretive acquisition

Apple appears to have made another stealthy startup acquisition in Seattle. We’re hearing that the tech giant is acquiring WhyLabs,… Read More

Freight company DAT acquires Seattle fintech startup Outgo

DAT Freight & Analytics, a Beaverton, Ore.-based freight company, announced the acquisition of Outgo, a Seattle startup that sells banking… Read More

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