AMD Acquires Brium to Strengthen Open AI Software Ecosystem

AMD Acquires MK1

November 11, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

AMD has completed the acquisition of MK1, a Mountain View, California-based AI startup focused on high-speed inference and reasoning technologies. MK1’s Flywheel and comprehension engine technologies—optimized for AMD Instinct GPUs and reportedly processing over one trillion tokens per day—will integrate into the AMD Artificial Intelligence Group to strengthen the company’s enterprise AI inference and reasoning capabilities.

AMD Acquires Nod.ai

October 10, 2023

AI & Machine Learning

AMD has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nod.ai, an open-source AI compiler and code-generation software specialist, to advance AMD's open AI software ecosystem and optimize AI models for AMD accelerators and processors. The deal brings Nod.ai's team and SHARK/Torch-MLIR/OpenXLA expertise into AMD to accelerate deployment of high-performance AI solutions across cloud, edge and endpoint platforms.

AMD Acquires Enosemi

May 29, 2025

Manufacturing

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has acquired Enosemi, a Silicon Valley photonics startup, to accelerate development of silicon photonics and co‑packaged optics technologies for next‑generation AI systems. The deal extends AMD’s existing partnership with Enosemi and brings the startup’s team and IP into AMD to scale optical interconnect and photonics capabilities across data center and AI system architectures; terms were not disclosed.

IBM to Acquire Turbonomic

April 29, 2021

Software

IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Turbonomic, a Boston-based Application Resource Management (ARM) and Network Performance Management (NPM) software provider. The acquisition expands IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI capabilities by adding Turbonomic’s AIOps-driven optimization and observability technology to IBM’s Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps and Instana offerings.

Microsoft Acquires ADRM Software

June 18, 2020

Data & Analytics

Microsoft has acquired ADRM Software, a provider of large-scale, industry-specific data models, to integrate ADRM’s industry data models into Microsoft Azure and accelerate customers’ data and AI initiatives. The ADRM team will join Microsoft to help deliver intelligent data lakes, improve data governance, and speed digital transformation for enterprise customers.

Thoma Bravo Acquires AxiomSL

October 19, 2020

Software

Thoma Bravo has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in AxiomSL, a provider of cloud-enabled risk management and regulatory reporting software for banks, investment managers, broker-dealers and trading firms. Thoma Bravo said it will partner with AxiomSL's management to accelerate product innovation, expand cloud capabilities and grow the company's customer base; the deal closed with financing from several lenders and advisors were Evercore and Weil, Gotshal & Manges for AxiomSL and Kirkland & Ellis for Thoma Bravo.