King Acquires AI Software Company Peltarion

Shield AI Acquires Aechelon Technology

March 26, 2026

Cybersecurity

Shield AI agreed to acquire Aechelon Technology, a defense simulation and synthetic reality software company, with the transaction expected to close after customary regulatory approvals. Following closing, Shield AI integrated Aechelon’s high-fidelity simulation and synthetic environment capabilities into its autonomy platform and Hivemind AI pilot, while Aechelon continues to operate independently under Shield AI.

Meta Acquires PlayAI

July 13, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

Meta Platforms, Inc. has acquired PlayAI, a startup that builds hyper-realistic voice generation and cloning technology. The financial terms were not disclosed; Meta said the entire PlayAI team will join and that the acquisition aligns with its roadmap across AI Characters, Meta AI, wearables and audio content creation.

Subsplash Acquires Pulpit AI

December 2, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Subsplash has acquired Pulpit AI and integrated the AI-powered sermon content platform into the Subsplash engagement platform. The deal adds AI-driven content creation capabilities to Subsplash’s mobile SaaS tools for churches, enabling automatic generation of social clips, study guides, newsletters and other repurposed sermon content.

Sparq Acquires Kingsmen Software

July 9, 2024

IT Services

Sparq, an Atlanta-based provider of outsourced digital engineering, has acquired Kingsmen Software, a Charlotte-based engineering firm specializing in generative AI strategy and software development for the financial sector. The acquisition brings Kingsmen's FinTech, banking, payments and capital markets expertise into Sparq's platform, expanding Sparq's AI and financial-services engineering capabilities and enabling greater scale for Kingsmen's clients.

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.

Shield AI Acquires Heron Systems

July 22, 2021

Aerospace & Defense

Shield AI has acquired Heron Systems, a developer of advanced AI pilots that notably defeated an experienced Air Force F-16 pilot in DARPA trials. The deal brings Heron's multi-agent deep reinforcement learning capabilities into Shield AI to accelerate operational deployment of AI-pilots on legacy and next-generation military aircraft and unmanned systems.