PartnerOne's investment philosophy and operational excellence will enable us to evolve our platform, deepen our customer relationships, and continue delivering exceptional solutions across the mortgage lifecycle. Mortgage Cadence's platform, which includes its Enterprise and Essentials products, is designed to streamline loan originations and lower operational costs. The company said that joining PartnerOne will support the development of new capabilities, integrations and automation tools for financial institutions, credit unions and independent mortgage banks.
The move brings together two quality platforms to create a unified, enhanced learning ecosystem, combining Learning Pool's strength in analytics and platform capabilities with Elucidat's innovation in scalable content creation and AI-powered authoring. This expansion follows the recent addition of WorkRamp to Learning Pool's expanding portfolio. WorkRamp is a next-generation Learning Management System (LMS) designed for mid-market and extended enterprise use cases, that aims to provide an intuitive, high-impact experience for employees and customers.
Modern Treasury, a payments infrastructure company valued at $2.1 billion, has acquired the stablecoin startup Beam, the companies announced Wednesday. The acquisition was an all-stock transaction worth about $40 million, according to a source familiar with the deal, who asked to remain anonymous while discussing private business discussions. Founded in 2022, Beam provides banks and other corporations with software to send and receive stablecoins, or cryptocurrencies pegged to underlying assets like the U.S. dollar.
The acquisition sees a gutting of key leadership at the auction house: Chabi Nouri has left as chief executive officer and Céline Assimon has stepped down as chief commercial officer. Nouri was appointed to the role only last year, while Assimon joined in 2023. Meanwhile, Alex Lejeune, currently Bonham's chief financial officer, will leave at the end of the year.
Edison Founder and President Larry Rosin publicized the news with a promise that the transition will be smooth sailing for Edison clients. "The most important thing to know about this transaction is that nothing will change for Edison clients," Rosin asserts. "The entire Edison team is joining SSRS, including me, and clients will have total continuity in their experience with us." Edison Research was founded 31 years ago by Rosin and Joe Lenski. Both Lenski and Rosin were an election research specialists before Edison.
Smartphone processor and modem maker Qualcomm is acquiring Arduino, the Italian company known mainly for its open-source ecosystem of microcontrollers and the software that makes them function.
The all-stock deal will see Strive buying Semler shares at roughly $90.52 apiece, a more than 200% premium to its Friday closing price of $29.18. The two firms will together own nearly 11,000 Bitcoin after the merger, according to a press release on Monday. Strive will explore ways to "monetizing" or distributing Semler's "historically profitable diagnostics business at a future date," the announcement said.
HOUSTON, Sept. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Ezee Fiber, a Houston-based fiber internet provider wholly owned by I Squared Capital, today announced it has closed on its previously-announced agreement to acquire Tachus Fiber Internet, based in The Woodlands, Texas. This move broadens Ezee Fiber's service footprint across communities of Greater Houston, including in fast growing northern metro areas. "The combined talents of our new organization are well-positioned to accelerate the growth of our award-winning fiber service for homes, businesses, and institutions across Greater Houston,"
Sandwich maker Potbelly is being acquired by the gas station and convenience store chain RaceTrac for $566 million. Potbelly, which was founded in Chicago in 1977, has 445 restaurants across the U.S. company said the deal with RaceTrac will help it reach its goal of quadrupling in size to 2,000 locations. Potbelly stores are both company- and franchise-owned.
"I guess I got a little bit disillusioned with only having one string to your bow," he reflects. "If you're given a whole set of marketing and business challenges, there are a gazillion ways of solving those problems. But a media agency will always say you need to buy some advertising, which, of course, is part of the mix, but is only a very small part that usually takes up a big part of the budget."
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, a retailer that itself has closed some stores, has emerged as the sole candidate to buy Books Inc., according to documents on file with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Barnes & Noble agreed to pay $3.25 million, according to a letter of intent dated July 7. The potential purchase appears to be an all-or-nothing gambit to survive, a court filing by Books Inc. Chief Executive Officer Andrew Perham indicates. Books Inc. filed for bankruptcy in January.
"Today's browsers weren't built for work; they were built for browsing. This deal is a bold step forward in reimagining the browser for knowledge work in the AI era," Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian's CEO and co-founder, said in a statement. "Together, we'll create an AI-powered browser optimized for the many SaaS applications living in tabs - one that knowledge workers will love to use every day," he added.
Mike Cannon-Brookes, the CEO of enterprise software giant Atlassian, was one of the first users of the Arc browser. Over the last several years, he has been a prolific bug reporter and feature requester. Now he'll own the thing: Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company, the New York-based startup that makes both Arc and the new AI-focused Dia browser. Atlassian is paying $610 million in cash for The Browser Company, and plans to run it as an independent entity.
Shares of Salesforce Inc. (NYSE: CRM) lost 7.43% over the past month after sliding 1.58% the month prior. That has dragged down the stock's year-to-date loss to 24.35%. Over the past year, CRM is in the red, down 3.38%. Amid that slump, the company's market cap has shrunk to around $239.15 billion, with 1,274 institutional owners having decreased their positions.
