Schneider Electric agrees to buy PTC for $22.6B in cash
Schneider Electric will pay $205 per share in cash for industrial software maker PTC, an equity value of about $22.6B.
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Supabase raises $150M led by GIC and agrees to buy Turso
Postgres backend provider Supabase raised $150M led by Singapore's GIC and agreed to acquire Turso, which builds databases for AI agent workloads, as it leans into databases created by agents.
Cloudflare makes Basin, its Iceberg-based data platform, generally available
Cloudflare moved its developer data platform out of beta as Basin, a serverless service built on Apache Iceberg and R2 for ingesting, cataloguing and querying analytical data.
Kevin Mandia's Armadin raises $255.5M at a valuation above $2.5B
Armadin, the offensive security startup founded by Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia, raised a $255.5M Series B valuing it above $2.5B. Its AI agents probe customer environments to find and chain weaknesses into attack paths.
FactSet fiscal Q4 revenue rises 6.3% to $634.7M; fiscal 2027 outlook up to $2.625B
FactSet's fiscal fourth-quarter revenue grew 6.3% to $634.7M, and organic ASV reached $2,568.2M, up 7.0%. It guides fiscal 2027 revenue to $2,600M-$2,625M.
Metaview raises $60M Series C for AI recruiting agents
London-based Metaview, whose AI agents source, screen and interview job candidates, raised a $60M Series C led by Insight Partners. More than 7,000 companies use its recruiting platform.
Progress Software posts $246.0M Q3 revenue and raises full-year outlook
Progress Software reported fiscal third-quarter revenue of $246.0M, down 2% from a year earlier, with ARR of $873M. It raised its full-year revenue guidance to $1,044M–$1,052M, having closed its purchase of Domo's AI and Data Platform business.
SoftBank completes $30B OpenAI investment with final $10B payment
SoftBank paid the third and final $10B tranche of its $30B follow-on investment in OpenAI, taking its total investment to $64.6B and its stake to about 13%. The commitment was part of OpenAI's funding round announced in February.
AWS sets end dates for DevOps Guru, Managed Blockchain and three other services
AWS said Amazon DevOps Guru, Amazon Managed Blockchain, the Backint Agent for SAP ASE and the standalone Infrastructure Composer console are entering sunset and will close to new customers on October 29.
OpenAI cuts GPT-6.1 Sol prices to a fifth and launches Agents API at DevDay
At DevDay, OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Sol, priced at one-fifth of GPT-6 Sol's token rates. It also launched an Agents API with computer use and, with Amazon, Bedrock Managed Agents, which run OpenAI agents entirely inside AWS.
Salesforce agrees to buy AI customer research firm Listen Labs
Salesforce signed a definitive agreement to acquire Listen Labs, whose AI agents run customer research studies and simulate customer reactions. The deal adds research and simulation tools alongside Marketing Cloud and Service Cloud.
Transom Capital to take SoundThinking private for up to $11 a share
Transom Capital Group agreed to buy public safety software maker SoundThinking for $8.00 a share in cash plus a contingent right worth up to $3.00, an enterprise value of about $114M, or about $159M if it pays in full.