Coursera announces $500 million buyback one week after closing its $2.5 billion Udemy merger
Coursera announces $500 million buyback one week after closing its $2.5 billion Udemy merger

  Coursera has announced a $500 million share repurchase programme, its first buyback since going public in 2021 and one that arrives exactly one week after the online learning company completed its merger with Udemy. The board approved the programme o…

Carta acquires a law firm and bets the future of private capital runs on a single platform
Carta acquires a law firm and bets the future of private capital runs on a single platform

  Carta has spent the past eight months buying its way toward something that did not exist a year ago: a single platform that handles dealmaking, fund operations, investor relations, and now legal and compliance work for the private capital industry. T…

OpenAI just acquired the consulting firm it was born alongside. The model company is now the services company.
OpenAI just acquired the consulting firm it was born alongside. The model company is now the services company.

  Tomoro was created in 2023 in alliance with OpenAI. The Edinburgh and London-based firm built AI concierges for Virgin Atlantic, in-game support agents for Supercell, and deployment systems for Fidelity International, Tesco, Red Bull, Mattel, and the…

GameStop wants to buy eBay for $55.5 billion. Its own revenue fell 27 per cent last year.
GameStop wants to buy eBay for $55.5 billion. Its own revenue fell 27 per cent last year.

Ryan Cohen announced on Saturday that GameStop has submitted an unsolicited, non-binding proposal to acquire eBay for $125 per share, a cash-and-stock offer valuing the e-commerce company at approximately $55.5 billion. GameStop’s market capitalisation…