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This week in Tech M&A, several transactions stood out across federal IT services, vertical software, transport tech, advanced manufacturing, and a few larger market-moving situations:

• Computacenter agreed to acquire Government Acquisitions, a federal-focused value-added reseller, for up to $92m, adding scale and contract access in the US public-sector IT channel.

• Oakley Capital agreed to acquire a majority stake in XTEL, a provider of revenue management and trade promotion software for CPG companies, in another example of continued private equity appetite for vertical enterprise software.

• Delivery Hero confirmed it received an indicative takeover proposal from Uber at €33 per share, a potential consolidation move that would be one of the most significant in food delivery if it progresses.

• Hg agreed to acquire Rightsline for around $500m including debt, backing a software platform focused on rights, royalties, and IP licensing workflows.

• Modaxo signed a definitive agreement to acquire Conduent’s Transit Fare Management and Fleet Management Solutions businesses, building a broader public transit technology platform.

• IREN announced a $1.6bn agreement with Dell for NVIDIA Blackwell systems, not a corporate acquisition but still one of the week’s clearest signals of how aggressively AI infrastructure capacity is being secured.

• Stratasys agreed to acquire Markforged for $42.5m in cash, combining additive manufacturing hardware with workflow software and materials capability for aerospace and defense customers.

• Fertitta Entertainment agreed to acquire Caesars Entertainment in a deal valued at about $17.6bn including assumed debt, one of the week’s biggest take-private transactions.

• AkzoNobel rejected a takeover proposal from Nippon Paint / Sherwin-Williams and reiterated support for its planned merger with Axalta, highlighting how strategic and contested large-scale consolidation has become in coatings.

What matters: buyers continue to prioritise assets that deepen workflow ownership, strengthen sector-specific distribution, or add differentiated infrastructure and software capability. Even across very different sectors, the pattern is consistent: strategic value is concentrating around platforms that control more of the operating stack.

For CEOs, founders, and investors, that reinforces the importance of building businesses with strong integration value, defensible positioning, and a clear role inside a larger strategic roadmap.

This week in Tech M&A, several transactions stood out across enterprise data, AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, tokenized market infrastructure, streaming technology, and a number of broader market-moving deals:

• SAP announced acquisitions of Dremio and Prior Labs, doubling down on AI-ready enterprise data infrastructure and structured-data AI models.

• Lattice Semiconductor entered a definitive agreement to acquire AMI, adding firmware and infrastructure manageability capabilities to build a more complete secure control platform for cloud and AI environments.

• IREN signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mirantis in an all-stock deal valued at around $625m, expanding beyond GPU capacity into cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes orchestration, and enterprise AI delivery.

• DAZN agreed to acquire ViewLift, strengthening its direct-to-consumer streaming and digital services capabilities for sports leagues and teams in the US.

• Bullish announced it will acquire Equiniti from Siris in a $4.2bn transaction, combining traditional transfer agency infrastructure with ambitions around tokenized securities.

• Version 1 signed a definitive agreement to acquire CreateFuture, building greater scale in AI-led digital transformation services across regulated industries.

• Cisco announced its intent to acquire Astrix Security, targeting one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity priorities: non-human identities, machine credentials, and AI agent security.

• Palo Alto Networks was reported to be acquiring Portkey, a move that would add governance, routing, safety controls, and infrastructure security for AI applications and agents.

• American Express Global Business Travel agreed to go private in a $6.3bn all-cash deal, one of the week’s more notable sponsor-backed take-private transactions.

• Regis Resources and Vault Minerals agreed to merge in a deal creating an Australian gold producer valued at roughly $7.7bn.

• GameStop made an unsolicited $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay, one of the week’s biggest headline situations even if highly uncertain.

What matters: buyers continue to prioritise assets that improve control over data, infrastructure, and mission-critical workflows. This week’s activity also made one theme especially clear: AI infrastructure and AI security are quickly becoming some of the most active strategic battlegrounds in the market.

For CEOs, founders, and investors, that reinforces the value of building businesses with clear platform relevance, strong infrastructure importance, and defensible strategic fit.

This week in Tech M&A, several transactions stood out across logistics software, life sciences SaaS, warehouse automation, fiber infrastructure, AI agents, photonics, cybersecurity, and a handful of larger market-moving deals:

• Descartes acquired Idelic for about $28m upfront plus up to $12m in earn-out, adding AI-driven fleet safety and telematics analytics to its logistics software stack.

• Blue Mountain acquired CompuCal, expanding its European footprint and deepening its position in calibration and maintenance software for regulated life sciences environments.

• American Industrial Partners agreed to acquire Honeywell’s Warehouse and Workflow Solutions business, another sign of continued investment in automation and mission-critical workflow technology.

• GCI announced it will acquire Quintillion, strengthening Alaska’s fiber network in a picks-and-shovels connectivity deal tied to growing cloud and AI traffic demand.

• Silo Pharma said it acquired the assets of Qwikagents and launched a dedicated AI subsidiary around the platform, pointing to continued interest in agentic AI as a buy-versus-build category.

• Marvell announced the acquisition of Polariton Technologies, adding photonics IP to support next-generation AI networking and optical interconnect performance.

• ServiceNow completed its $7.75bn acquisition of Armis, one of the biggest recent cybersecurity platform moves, bringing real-time asset intelligence into its workflow and AI control plane.

• Airbus agreed to acquire Quarkslab, reinforcing the sovereign cyber theme in Europe as defense and critical infrastructure buyers continue to add specialized capability.

• QXO agreed to acquire TopBuild for about $17bn, one of the week’s biggest deals and another major scale move in building products distribution and services.

• Blue Owl agreed to acquire Sila Realty Trust for about $2.4bn in cash, highlighting ongoing appetite from private capital for cash-flowing real asset portfolios.

• UCB agreed to acquire Neurona Therapeutics for up to $1.15bn, continuing the trend of buyers paying for differentiated clinical assets.

• Roche entered a merger agreement to acquire SAGA Diagnostics for up to $595m, adding tumor-informed MRD capabilities and reinforcing ongoing consolidation in oncology diagnostics.

• Paramount’s proposed transaction with Warner Bros. Discovery also remained in focus, with shareholders voting on one of the largest potential media combinations in years.

What matters: buyers continue to prioritize assets that deepen workflow ownership, strengthen infrastructure, and add differentiated IP in high-value markets. Across software, cyber, AI infrastructure, and adjacent sectors, the consistent pattern is that strategic relevance and platform fit remain the key drivers of M&A activity.