PAR, Inc. Acquires Assessment Assist AI

Pearson Acquires Internet Testing Systems (ITS) to Expand Professional Assessment and AI Capabilities

September 18, 2026

Professional Services

Pearson acquired Internet Testing Systems (ITS), a Baltimore-based assessment technology company, to strengthen Pearson Professional Assessments and expand its assessment and verification capabilities. The acquisition adds technology for remote testing and proctoring, performance-based assessments, continuous certification, and AI-powered assessment, building on a commercial relationship dating back to 2009.

Tradespace Acquires Paragon

November 10, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

Tradespace has acquired Paragon, an AI-driven patent-drafting startup founded by Princeton computer science students, to integrate Paragon’s transparent, traceable patent-drafting technology into its IP management platform. The deal brings Paragon’s founding team into Tradespace and positions Tradespace as an AI-powered platform supporting the full intellectual property lifecycle, accelerating patent drafting and reducing time and cost for corporate, university, and independent inventors.

Paradigm Acquires AI Home‑care Platform Careswitch

September 16, 2025

Healthcare Services

Paradigm, a North Miami‑based revenue cycle management and claims processing company for home care providers, has acquired Careswitch, an AI‑powered home care operating system. The acquisition will integrate Careswitch's AI and agentic claims processing into Paradigm's platform to accelerate AI‑driven claims processing, payment integrity, and automation for home care agencies.

Advisor360° Acquires Parrot AI

January 16, 2025

Software

Advisor360° acquired Parrot AI, a Boston-based generative AI company that builds meeting recording, transcription, and summarization software. The deal brings Parrot AI's IP and a 12-person team (including CEO and co-founder Paul Morville) into Advisor360° to expand its AI capabilities and offer Parrot's software both embedded in Advisor360°'s platform and as a stand-alone product for advisors.

Paradox Acquires Traitify

August 23, 2021

Software

Paradox, the conversational recruiting software company, has acquired Traitify, a mobile-first visual assessment platform, to integrate fast personality and fit assessments into Paradox's hiring workflow. Terms were not disclosed; the deal is intended to improve hourly and high-volume hiring by increasing assessment completion rates and enabling better candidate-to-role prediction.

Elsevier Acquires Parity Computing Inc.

July 30, 2019

AI & Machine Learning

Elsevier has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Parity Computing Inc., a San Diego-based AI company that provides high-accuracy entity resolution and disambiguation for scientific, technical and medical (STM) content. The acquisition will integrate Parity's machine learning, NLP and semantic technologies into Elsevier's research products (including Scopus) to deepen analytics and improve researcher discovery and decision-making.