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LPT Aperture Holdings Acquires Speculo to Scale AI-Powered Intent Detection in Residential Real Estate

July 28, 2026

AI & Machine Learning

LPT Aperture Holdings, the parent company of LPT Realty and Aperture Global Real Estate, announced the acquisition of Speculo, an AI-powered database engagement and intent-detection platform behind its Remi conversational assistant. The deal aims to broaden Speculo’s distribution across brokerage-agnostic real estate organizations across the U.S. and Canada while keeping Speculo operating under its own brand.

PETE Acquires PlutoLMS

February 5, 2025

Education

PETE, an AI-powered workforce training platform based in Orlando, Florida, has acquired PlutoLMS, a Cape Town–based learning management system. The acquisition expands PETE's international footprint and combines PETE's AI training capabilities with PlutoLMS's established LMS platform to better serve large multinational customers.

Tulip Acquires Humankind

December 5, 2024

Retail

Tulip, a cloud-based retail customer engagement and POS platform, has acquired Humankind, an eCommerce clienteling and conversational commerce SaaS provider. The acquisition integrates Humankind’s eCommerce clienteling product and customers into Tulip’s clienteling platform to deliver a unified omnichannel person-to-person customer engagement solution for retailers.

PLACE Acquires Real Estate Team Platform Livian

September 20, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

PLACE, the brokerage-inclusive real estate technology and services platform, has acquired Livian, a real estate team servicing platform founded by Adam Hergenrother. Livian will be fully integrated into PLACE's ecosystem to expand PLACE’s capabilities for servicing high-performing real estate teams across the United States and Canada.

Lighthouse Acquires Berlin-based HQ revenue

June 20, 2024

Data & Analytics

Market intelligence platform Lighthouse (formerly OTA Insight) has acquired Berlin-based market data specialist HQ revenue. Terms were not disclosed; Lighthouse said the deal will accelerate product investment and innovation, expand global reach and further its strategy of consolidating complementary platforms for the travel and hospitality industry.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Acquires Human API

April 25, 2023

Data & Analytics

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a business of RELX, has acquired Human API, a consumer-driven health data platform. The acquisition will combine Human API's health-data connectivity and consent capabilities with LexisNexis Risk Solutions' data and analytics to accelerate consumer consent management, improve care coordination and automate life insurance underwriting.