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Blackstone hospitality continuation vehicle$8.4BSecondaries
Walmart spins off Sam's Club$48BExit
TPG Rise Climate III final close$3BFund raise
Thoma Bravo take-private of a cloud security company (target unnamed)$15BBuyout
Pfizer and Vertex combination$86BM&A
Blackstone hospitality continuation vehicle$8.4BSecondaries
Walmart spins off Sam's Club$48BExit
TPG Rise Climate III final close$3BFund raise
Thoma Bravo take-private of a cloud security company (target unnamed)$15BBuyout
Pfizer and Vertex combination$86BM&A
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Marlan Space, Loft Orbital, and Mistral join $1B agentic AI space ventureParis Summit Unveils $1 Billion Space AI Megadeal Led by Marlan Space and Loft Orbital Marlan Space and Loft Orbital have partnered with frontier AI developer Mistral AI and imager…Deals·9 Sept 2026
M&A›NVIDIA Moves to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 BillionNvidia, the world's most valuable company, is buying the platform that hosts most of the world's open-source AI models, pushing further up the AI stack from hardware into software.Deals·4 Sept 2026
Buyouts›EQT Agrees to Acquire California-Based Real Estate Firm StockbridgeSwedish private equity firm EQT AB has agreed to acquire U.S. manager Stockbridge for $375 million, expanding its real estate platform into industrial assets and alternative housing sectors.M&A·16 Oct 2026
Venture & Growth›AI coding agent startup Factory raises $200M at $5B valuationFactory has raised $200 million at a $5 billion valuation, marking one of the venture capital market’s aggressive bets on autonomous software development.Venture Capital·16 Sept 2026
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Athene Prices Record $12B Pension Risk Transfer DealApollo's retirement services arm absorbed the largest single PRT transaction of the year, taking on a Fortune 100 industrial's frozen defined-benefit obligations.Insurance·27 Jul 2026
Chevron Completes $53B Hess Acquisition After Arbitration WinChevron closed its long-delayed combination with Hess after an international arbitration panel rejected Exxon and CNOOC's challenge to Hess's stake in Guyana's prolific Stabroek Block.M&A·27 Jul 2026
MetLife Sells $9B Legacy Universal Life Block to Talcott ResolutionThe transaction continues MetLife's multi-year run-off of capital-intensive legacy products in favour of fee-based group and specialty lines.Insurance·26 Jul 2026
Digital Realty and Blackstone Form $12B Data Centre Joint VentureThe partnership will develop hyperscale campuses across three continents, with Blackstone providing the bulk of new equity capital.Real Estate·26 Jul 2026
Capital One Closes $35B Acquisition of Discover FinancialThe combination creates the largest US credit card issuer by loan volume and gives Capital One ownership of the Discover payments network.M&A·26 Jul 2026
ConocoPhillips Closes $22.5B Acquisition of Marathon OilThe all-stock deal consolidates two of the largest independent US shale operators, with ConocoPhillips guiding to $500M of annual synergies within a year of close.M&A·25 Jul 2026
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Pfizer and Vertex combinationM&A · Announced$86B
Stripe and Advent bid for PayPalBuyout · Announced$53B
Chevron completes Hess acquisitionM&A · Closed$53B
Medline IPO filingExit · Pending$50B
Walmart spins off Sam's ClubExit · Announced$48B
Capital One completes Discover acquisitionM&A · Closed$35B
Mubadala and BlackRock data centre platformM&A · Announced$30B

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Pfizer–Vertex Combination Pushes Past $86B as Boards GreenlightAfter six weeks of negotiation, the two pharma majors agreed to a cash-and-stock combination at $325 per Vertex share, with antitrust review the principal remaining hurdle.Deals·17 May 2026
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