Meta Acquires Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI)

HCLSoftware to Acquire Robotiq.ai to Expand Enterprise Agentic Automation

September 28, 2026

AI & Machine Learning

HCLSoftware plans to acquire Robotiq.ai, a Zagreb-based provider of enterprise robotic process automation (RPA) technology. The deal is intended to extend HCL UnO Agentic’s agentic AI orchestration by adding secure enterprise-grade execution for workflows in applications where APIs are unavailable or insufficient. The acquisition is expected to close in November 2026; financial terms were not disclosed.

Augmented Intelligence (AUI) Acquires Quack AI

February 27, 2026

AI & Machine Learning

Augmented Intelligence (AUI) has acquired Quack AI, a developer of trainable AI agents for customer service. The deal brings Quack AI's ~15-person team into AUI, is expected to double AUI's Israeli R&D presence in Tel Aviv, and will integrate Quack's agent technology with AUI's Apollo-1 neuro-symbolic AI platform to expand customer service automation capabilities.

Meta Platforms Acquires AI Agent Developer Manus

January 1, 2026

AI & Machine Learning

Meta Platforms acquired Manus, a Singapore-based developer of general-purpose AI agents, to accelerate AI innovation and integrate advanced automation into Meta’s consumer and business products. The deal terms were not disclosed, though reporting cited an amount over $2 billion and the acquisition was said to have closed.

Meta Acquires AI Audio Startup WaveForms

August 8, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

Meta has acquired AI voice startup WaveForms for an undisclosed sum to bolster its Superintelligence Labs AI unit. The startup — founded in 2024 and backed by Andreessen Horowitz — will bring its audio/voice LLM technology and founding team to Meta; roughly a dozen employees are reported to have been part of the company prior to the deal.

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.

BlueHalo Acquires Intelligent Automation, Inc.

August 19, 2021

Aerospace & Defense

BlueHalo, an Arlington Capital Partners-backed national security technology platform, has agreed to acquire Rockville, Maryland-based Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI). The acquisition brings IAI's AI/ML, cybersecurity, hypersonics, space, 5G, data analytics and RF/communications capabilities — including a large PhD-staff and IP portfolio — into BlueHalo to accelerate productization and expand technical capabilities for DoD and commercial customers.