Hitachi to Acquire synvert from Maxburg (via GlobalLogic) to Accelerate Agentic and Physical AI

Hitachi Acquires GlobalLogic

July 14, 2021

IT Services

Hitachi, Ltd., through its U.S. subsidiary Hitachi Global Digital Holdings (HGDH), acquired GlobalLogic, a Silicon Valley–headquartered digital engineering services firm, in a transaction announced March 31, 2021 and completed July 14, 2021. The deal valued GlobalLogic at $8.5 billion of equity ($9.5 billion enterprise value) and expands Hitachi's Lumada digital solutions capabilities by adding GlobalLogic's ~21,000 engineering and design professionals.

Anthropic Acquires Vercept to Advance Claude Computer Use

February 27, 2026

AI & Machine Learning

Anthropic announced it has acquired Vercept to expand Claude’s “computer use” capabilities, enabling the model to execute increasingly complex multi-step tasks inside live applications. As part of the deal, Vercept will wind down its external product in the coming weeks (with one report citing a March 25 wind-down) and its team will join Anthropic to further develop these capabilities.

GlobalLogic Acquires Fortech

November 21, 2022

Software

GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group company, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fortech, a digital engineering software services firm headquartered in Romania. The acquisition is intended to strengthen GlobalLogic’s European presence and expand access to Romania’s talent and blue-chip client base, with Fortech to continue operating as a wholly owned subsidiary.

maxon Group Acquires Minority Stake in Synapticon

July 16, 2025

Manufacturing

Swiss precision drive maker maxon Group has acquired a minority stake in German motion-control specialist Synapticon to form a strategic collaboration. The partnership will jointly develop high-performance drive solutions with integrated functional safety, targeting markets such as robotics, medical technology, intralogistics and industrial automation.

Datatonic Acquires Syntio

April 26, 2025

Data & Analytics

Datatonic, a London-headquartered cloud data and AI consultancy, has acquired Syntio, a Zagreb-based data engineering specialist. The acquisition strengthens Datatonic’s data engineering capabilities and expands its European client base across telcos, central banks and retailers while augmenting its Generative AI and data platform services.

Cloudera Acquires Verta's Operational AI Platform

June 3, 2024

AI & Machine Learning

Cloudera has acquired Verta's Operational AI Platform and hired the Verta team into its machine learning organization to accelerate Cloudera's enterprise AI roadmap. The deal brings Verta's MLOps, model catalog and GenAI tooling into Cloudera's hybrid, multi-cloud data platform to strengthen operational AI, model governance, and developer tooling for customers.