OpenAI closes roughly $11 billion in funding at $1.25 trillion valuation
OpenAI has received roughly $11 billion in new funding, the initial portion of a round valuing it at $1.25 trillion, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The money had been wired by Friday.
Fox closes $22 billion Roku acquisition
Fox closed its $22 billion acquisition of Roku on Friday, the companies announced, giving it control of a streaming platform reaching more than 100 million US households. Roku founder Anthony Wood now serves on Fox's board.
Leidos reports $5.5 billion in bookings and raises earnings outlook
Leidos reported $5.5 billion in third-quarter net bookings and a $49.6 billion backlog, including $11.1 billion in funded work. Revenue reached $4.63 billion, up 4% from the prior-year period.
Aave Labs acquires Avon team and lending technology
Aave Labs has acquired Avon's team and technology to expand its lending services and develop more fixed-rate borrowing options, KuCoin reported. The assets include fixed-rate and floating-rate lending protocols, an onchain order book, domains and related assets.
Dragonpass acquires iCoupon to expand digital voucher network
Dragonpass announced its acquisition of digital voucher business iCoupon, combining its travel benefits platform with technology connecting 200 airlines, over 400 airports and 4,000 retail units across 56 countries.
Google buys Crusoe's Wyoming data centre site to build it itself
Google has bought Crusoe's data centre site in southeast Wyoming and will build the project itself, Crusoe said Friday. The acquisition follows Google's announcement a day earlier that it would spend $17B on its first Wyoming data centre in Laramie County.