Course Hero Acquires CliffsNotes and QuillBot

Course Hero Acquires LitCharts

June 10, 2021

Education

Course Hero, the online learning platform, acquired LitCharts, a leading creator of literature study guides and resources used by millions of students and educators. LitCharts will continue to operate as an independent brand led by its co-founders and will help expand Course Hero’s literature content and teaching tools.

Quizlet Acquires Coconote

February 5, 2026

Education

Quizlet has acquired Coconote, a viral AI-powered note-taking and audio-to-study-content app, to extend its audio-based learning and study coaching capabilities. The acquisition integrates Coconote’s audio transcription, summarization and study-content generation into Quizlet’s new AI-powered learning experience to improve retention and on-the-go study workflows.

People.ai Acquires Hero Research

May 11, 2021

Software

People.ai has acquired Hero Research, a Salesforce-focused sales productivity app, and launched a new embedded Salesforce experience that brings People.ai insights natively into Salesforce. The acquisition lets People.ai deliver a Chrome-based, Google-Sheets-like interface and in-Salesforce tools (relationship maps, deal scorecards, playbooks) to boost rep productivity and Salesforce adoption.

Klarna Acquires HERO

July 9, 2021

E-Commerce

On 9 July 2021, Klarna acquired HERO, a social shopping platform that connects online shoppers with in-store product experts. The acquisition brings HERO's technology and 100+ employees into Klarna to expand its shopping capabilities and introduce in-store-led, shoppable content to Klarna's global merchant and consumer base.

Qualtrics Acquires Clarabridge

July 29, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Qualtrics agreed to acquire Clarabridge in a stock transaction valued at $1.125 billion, bringing Clarabridge's omnichannel conversational analytics and AI capabilities into the Qualtrics Experience Management (XM) platform. The acquisition expands Qualtrics' analytics capabilities for unstructured customer feedback (social, calls, chat, reviews) and is intended to accelerate growth and strengthen its position as the leading XM provider.

Proptech Labs Acquires reHeroes

June 3, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Proptech Labs has acquired reHeroes, an AI-driven property management chatbot and platform, bringing more than 130,000 properties, 415,000 users and 3,200 property managers into Proptech Labs' ecosystem. The acquisition will integrate reHeroes' AI capabilities with Proptech Labs' existing maintenance, inspection and invoicing platforms to expand analytics, automate routine tasks and improve tenant services.