Picsart Acquires DeepCraft

Picsart Acquires Code Republic to Expand Picsart Academy

February 2, 2022

Education

Picsart has acquired Code Republic, a Yerevan-based coding education platform, to join and scale its Picsart Academy. The deal brings 20+ Code Republic employees into Picsart to expand course offerings, launch English-language online programs, and broaden in-person classes to additional cities.

Yahoo Acquires Artifact, the AI-driven News Platform by Instagram Co-founders

April 2, 2024

Media & Entertainment

Yahoo has acquired Artifact, the AI-driven news aggregation and personalization platform created by Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. Artifact will stop operating as a standalone app and its AI personalization technology will be integrated into Yahoo products, including the Yahoo News app; the acquisition closed on March 29, 2024 and financial terms were not disclosed. Systrom and Krieger will serve in an advisory capacity during the transition.

Datadog Acquires Cloudcraft

November 3, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Datadog has acquired Cloudcraft, a visualization service that creates real-time, live diagrams of customers' cloud (AWS) architectures. Datadog will continue offering Cloudcraft while integrating its live-architecture visualization capabilities into the Datadog observability platform to provide richer models and actionable insights.

BioNTech SE Acquires InstaDeep Ltd.

January 10, 2023

AI & Machine Learning

BioNTech SE has agreed to acquire the remaining shares of InstaDeep Ltd. for approximately £362 million in cash and BioNTech shares, with up to ~£200 million of additional performance-based milestone payments. The acquisition brings roughly 240 AI, ML and software professionals into BioNTech to accelerate AI-driven drug discovery, embed InstaDeep’s DeepChain platform in BioNTech’s discovery pipeline, and expand BioNTech’s global AI capabilities.

Penguin Solutions' Penguin Computing Acquires Software Assets from Colorado Code Craft

November 7, 2022

Software

Penguin Solutions' Penguin Computing group acquired all software and intellectual property assets of Colorado Code Craft and brought Colorado Code Craft employees into the Penguin Computing team. The asset purchase expands Penguin's remote-visualization, remote desktop and application-streaming capabilities for its Scyld Cloud Workstation and Scyld Cloud Central offerings, extending availability across cloud and on-premises HPC/AI environments.

Labelbox Acquires Upcraft

February 20, 2026

AI & Machine Learning

Labelbox has acquired Upcraft, an AI-powered sales automation startup, to integrate Upcraft's agentic sales automation technology into Alignerr, Labelbox's expert network for AI training data. Terms were not disclosed; Upcraft was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Chicago.