TDK Corporation Acquires SoftEye, Inc.

Smart Eye Acquires Affectiva

May 25, 2021

AI & Machine Learning

Smart Eye (Gothenburg) has completed its acquisition of Affectiva (Boston), combining Smart Eye's industry-leading eye-tracking and driver monitoring systems with Affectiva's Emotion AI and media-analytics capabilities. The merged company will pursue a unified Interior Sensing platform for automotive customers while expanding media analytics and human-factors research offerings.

Smart Eye Acquires iMotions

December 1, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Smart Eye has completed its acquisition of iMotions, making iMotions a wholly owned subsidiary while keeping it independently run under CEO Peter Hartzbech. The deal combines Smart Eye's Human Insight AI capabilities with iMotions' multimodal biosensor SaaS platform to deliver end-to-end human behavioral research and accelerate product innovation and market expansion (notably automotive, remote/mobile data collection and research markets).

Eagle Eye Networks Acquires Uncanny Vision

September 30, 2021

AI & Machine Learning

Eagle Eye Networks has acquired Uncanny Vision, a surveillance AI and computer vision specialist, adding technology, engineering talent and a new regional office in Bangalore, India. The deal retains all 60 Uncanny Vision employees and integrates its deep-learning analytics into Eagle Eye's cloud video surveillance platform to accelerate AI-driven capabilities.

Ambarella Acquires Oculii

October 26, 2021

AI & Machine Learning

Ambarella, Inc. agreed to acquire Oculii Corporation, an Ohio-based developer of adaptive AI radar perception algorithms, to expand Ambarella's edge AI and sensor-fusion capabilities for automotive and other IoT endpoint applications. The acquisition adds Oculii's radar software (which can boost resolution of conventional radar chips) to Ambarella's CVflow SoC portfolio and is expected to close in Ambarella's Q4 FY2022.

Gentex Corporation Acquires eSight

January 7, 2024

Medical Devices

Gentex Corporation announced an asset acquisition of eSight to develop and manufacture next-generation mobile electronic eyewear for people with visual impairments. Gentex said it will leverage its digital vision, software and manufacturing expertise to advance eSight technology and feature the next-gen devices at CES 2024.

Cadence Design Systems Acquires OpenEye Scientific

July 25, 2022

Software

Cadence Design Systems announced the acquisition of OpenEye Scientific Software for approximately $500 million, extending Cadence's computational software expertise into molecular modeling and simulation for life sciences. OpenEye's cloud-native Orion SaaS platform and scientific toolkits—used by 19 of the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies—will be combined with Cadence's algorithmic, solver and large-data management capabilities to accelerate computational drug discovery; the deal is expected to contribute about $40 million in fiscal 2023.