Tags: Acquisition

OpenAI announced Monday that it will acquire Tomoro, the Edinburgh‑based AI consulting firm it helped create in 2023. The deal makes Tomoro the founding acquisition of OpenAI’s new Deployment Company, a $14 billion subsidiary funded by a consortium of private‑equity firms. The move signals OpenAI’s shift from selling models to installing them, deploying forward‑deployed engineers inside client organizations to bridge the gap between AI capability and enterprise adoption. Read more

Meta announced the purchase of Moltbook, a niche social platform built for autonomous AI agents, as part of its intensified push into artificial intelligence. The Moltbook team will join Meta’s Superintelligence labs, but the company has offered no details on how the technology will be used. Industry observers warn that integrating a network where AI agents communicate freely could expose Meta’s massive user base on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to new security risks, reviving concerns about the firm’s handling of personal data. Read more