Automattic Acquires Clay

Klaviyo to Acquire Agency Team and Technology to Expand AI Agent Capabilities

August 6, 2026

Cloud & SaaS

Klaviyo (autonomous B2C CRM) has agreed to acquire the team and proprietary software technology of Agency, an AI-native customer success company led by Elias Torres. Following closing, Torres is expected to become Klaviyo’s Chief Product Officer and lead Klaviyo’s agent product line, including Composer and Customer Agent.

Automattic Acquires Beeper

April 9, 2024

Software

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, has acquired messaging startup Beeper in a deal that closed April 1 for about $125 million. The Beeper team will join Automattic's messaging efforts (including last year’s Texts.com acquisition); Beeper founder Eric Migicovsky will lead messaging at Automattic as Head of Messaging and the product will be integrated and expanded under the Beeper brand.

Voltron Data Acquires Claypot AI

January 24, 2024

AI & Machine Learning

Voltron Data, a provider of modular and composable data analytics systems, has acquired Claypot AI, a real-time AI platform startup. The deal adds Claypot's real-time analytics, feature engineering and MLOps capabilities to Voltron Data's GPU-native Theseus engine to enable unified, GPU-powered data preprocessing and ML pipelines for enterprise and government customers.

Clari Acquires Groove to Add Sales Engagement to Its Revenue Platform

August 14, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Clari has acquired Groove, a market-leading sales engagement platform, and will integrate Groove’s workflow automation and AI-driven engagement capabilities into Clari’s AI-powered Revenue Platform. Groove co-founders Chris Rothstein and Austin Wang will join Clari to lead the Groove product line as the combined offering aims to give revenue teams end-to-end visibility, execution, and improved forecasting.

Qualcomm Acquires Clay AIR

November 23, 2021

AI & Machine Learning

Qualcomm has acquired Clay AIR, an AI-powered hand-tracking and gesture-recognition technology company, to strengthen its XR (extended reality) technology stack. The acquisition adds Clay AIR's hardware-agnostic tracking technology and team of computer vision and machine-learning experts to Qualcomm's XR capabilities.

Claritas Acquires AcquireWeb

January 22, 2019

Marketing & Advertising

Claritas, a Cincinnati-based data and consumer segmentation company, has purchased AcquireWeb, a Foster City-based digital marketing firm specializing in identity-graph-driven audience creation and campaign execution. The acquisition expands Claritas' closed-loop marketing capabilities by combining its segmentation and measurement assets with AcquireWeb's audience activation technologies.