Tracked deals
7
7 tracked deals across 2019-2026.
AI & Machine Learning Buyers & Acquisitions in Pennsylvania
Buyer mix
Strategic-led
6 strategic · 1 pe
Top trend
Volume peaked in 2026
3 tracked deals announced in 2026.
Primary Insight
What Stands Out
- FORT Robotics expanded its supervised autonomy “Trust Platform” through the acquisition of Mapless AI, adding remote human-in-the-loop teleoperation and onboard environmental sensing.
- Skild AI acquired Zebra Technologies’ Robotics Automation assets, combining Skild Brain with Zebra’s human-robot orchestration for end-to-end warehouse automation.
- Motive acquired InceptEV to bring patented battery intelligence and machine-learning EV forecasting into its integrated operations and fleet management platform.
- Enterprise AI use cases appear alongside industry-specific applications, including Medallia, Inc. acquiring Voci Technologies for real-time speech-to-text and transcription integrated into its Experience Cloud.
- Several transactions connect back to Carnegie Mellon–origin innovation, including InceptEV and Explorer.ai, both of which relate to forecasting/decision support and mapping/computer vision.
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Top Buyers
Illustrative buyers pulled from tracked transactions on this page. This table is capped and intentionally non-exhaustive.
| Buyer | # Deals | Focus | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORT Robotics | 1 | Provides a distributed control “trust layer” for physical... | Strategic |
| Gloo | 1 | Technology platform connecting the faith ecosystem; build... | Strategic |
| Medallia, Inc. | 1 | Experience management SaaS provider delivering the Medall... | Strategic |
| Motive | 1 | AI-powered integrated operations and fleet management pla... | Strategic |
| Skild AI | 1 | Pittsburgh-based robotics AI startup building general-pur... | Strategic |
| Standard Cognition | 1 | Provides AI-powered camera-based autonomous checkout and ... | Strategic |
| Trive Capital | 1 | Dallas-based private equity firm that invests equity and ... | PE |
Acquisition Volume in AI & Machine Learning in Pennsylvania by Year
Last 5 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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May 27, 2026
- Buyer
- FORT Robotics
- Target
- Mapless AI
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Type
- Buyout
FORT Robotics, a “trust layer” for physical AI, announced it has acquired Mapless AI. The deal expands FORT’s Trust Platform with Mapless’s vehicle teleoperation (remote human-in-the-loop) and onboard active safety capabilities to support supervised autonomy in complex environments.
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- Buyer
- Skild AI
- Target
- Zebra Technologies' Robotics Automation business, Zebra Technologies' Symmetry Fulfillment orchestration platform
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Skild AI announced it has acquired Zebra Technologies’ Robotics Automation business, including the Symmetry Fulfillment orchestration platform. The deal combines Skild’s “Skild Brain” omnibodied AI with Zebra’s human-robot orchestration to enable end-to-end, enterprise-scale warehouse automation across varied robot types.
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February 12, 2026
- Buyer
- Trive Capital
- Target
- PavCon
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital has made an investment in PavCon, a provider of predictive analytics and decision‑support software serving U.S. defense customers. The partnership will fund PavCon’s growth—investing behind its talent, technology and scalable operating model—to accelerate delivery of AI-driven predictive solutions; financial terms were not disclosed.
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June 17, 2025
- Buyer
- Motive
- Target
- InceptEV
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Motive, the AI-powered integrated operations and fleet management platform, has acquired InceptEV, a Carnegie Mellon–origin battery intelligence startup. The deal brings patented battery intelligence and machine-learning EV forecasting capabilities into Motive's platform to improve EV range prediction, route planning, and electrification cost forecasting for commercial fleets.
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September 30, 2024
- Buyer
- Gloo
- Target
- withSoul
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Gloo, the Boulder-based faith-technology platform, has acquired withSoul, an AI startup founded by Jake Klinvex and Alex Cook that builds AI-powered content ingestion, enrichment and personalization tools for Christian publishers and ministries. The deal brings withSoul’s AI capabilities into Gloo’s growing suite of faith-aligned AI products (including the AI Data Engine, Aspen AI and CALLM) to deepen personalization and publisher support across Gloo’s ecosystem.
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April 22, 2020
- Buyer
- Medallia, Inc.
- Target
- Voci Technologies
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Medallia, the San Francisco–based experience management SaaS provider, agreed to acquire Pittsburgh-based Voci Technologies, a real-time speech-to-text and AI transcription platform, for approximately $59 million in cash. The deal, announced April 22, 2020, is expected to close in May 2020 and will integrate Voci's real-time speech-to-text and deep-learning capabilities into the Medallia Experience Cloud to enhance contact-center analytics and customer experience insights.
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January 7, 2019
- Buyer
- Standard Cognition
- Target
- Explorer.ai
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Standard Cognition acquired Explorer.ai, a Carnegie Mellon–founded robotic mapping and computer vision startup, bringing the team's indoor-mapping technology and seven engineers into Standard to accelerate its autonomous checkout rollout. The acquisition adds mapping capabilities used for autonomous vehicles and in-store mapping, enabling faster store mapping and expansion into larger retail formats.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies appear repeatedly as buyers in Pennsylvania AI & machine learning acquisitions?
Recurring buyers in the listed deals include Gloo, Medallia, Inc., Skild AI, FORT Robotics, Trive Capital, Motive, and Standard Cognition.
What types of AI capabilities do Pennsylvania buyers tend to acquire?
Common capability themes include supervised autonomy support (teleoperation plus sensing), robotics orchestration for warehouses, battery intelligence and EV forecasting, and AI transcription/speech-to-text for analytics.
Are these acquisitions concentrated in a specific part of AI?
The deals span multiple applied areas—robotics autonomy and mapping, warehouse automation orchestration, fleet electrification forecasting, experience management analytics, and faith-technology personalization content tools—rather than a single narrow niche.
Do the listed deals involve Pennsylvania-based companies?
Yes. The transactions shown are tied to Pennsylvania locations, including deals where the acquiring company is active and the target is associated with Pennsylvania (e.g., Pittsburgh-based Voci Technologies and Carnegie Mellon–origin InceptEV and Explorer.ai).
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