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OpenAI Has Made 6 Acquisitions in 2026 — Nearly Matching All of 2025 in Five Months
Crunchbase data shows OpenAI completed six acquisitions in 2026 already, approaching its entire 2025 M&A activity in half the time. This accelerates a broader trend: 72% of SaaS M&A targets in 2025 referenced AI capabilities in positioning, and acquirers are buying training data, domain-specific models, and workflow-embedded AI. Three forces converge: $3.7 trillion in PE dry powder, 68% of CIOs planning vendor consolidation in 2026, and AI rewriting acquisition theses entirely.
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