As of 5 October 2026.
This tracker collects funding rounds, acquisitions and valuations. Each entry is one sentence from the original report. Where that report stays indexed, the link points to it.
Timeline
- 12 July 2026. Beijing forces Meta to unwind the Manus acquisition, Tencent is negotiating a buyback for at least two billion dollars.
- 14 July 2026. S&P Downgrades Oracle to BBB- Over OpenAI Risk. S&P cuts Oracle's rating to BBB-, just above junk status, citing its $638B backlog's heavy reliance on OpenAI and default risk.
- 15 July 2026. The Chinese AI provider is reportedly negotiating fresh capital and is simultaneously preparing for an IPO in China, according to a report.
- 20 July 2026. SAP completes Prior Labs acquisition: 1 billion euros for AI lab. SAP has completed the acquisition of Freiburg-based AI startup Prior Labs announced in May and is building an independent research lab.
- 3 August 2026. Amazon completes $50 billion investment in OpenAI. Amazon paid the final $35 billion tranche early and now holds approximately five percent of OpenAI.
- 9 August 2026. The Chinese robot manufacturer prices its shares on the Shanghai STAR Market at 150.80 Yuan, investors can subscribe from August 10.
- 12 August 2026. According to Business Insider, Oracle is preparing a new round of layoffs to manage the debt-financed billion-dollar investments in AI data centers.
- 13 August 2026. Cognition negotiates valuation of 40 billion dollars. The Devin developer could reportedly double its company value in just three months, according to a Bloomberg report.
- 14 August 2026. An investor group led by Tencent buys the AI agent startup Manus back from Meta for around two billion dollars.
- 16 August 2026. The aerospace company integrates the AI coding assistant into its SpaceXAI division and accesses its proprietary computing power.
- 20 August 2026. Unitree Stock Soars 460% After Shanghai Debut. Trading on Shanghai's STAR Market pushes the robot maker's valuation to as much as 66 billion dollars, even as the broader market fell.
- 24 August 2026. The platform for open AI models is reportedly seeking a buyer, having rejected an offer from Nvidia in 2025.
- 27 August 2026. The chip manufacturer reportedly agrees on a price that is almost three times the last valuation of Hugging Face.
- 30 August 2026. OpenAI terminates the model contract with the coding tool after Elon Musk's SpaceX company acquired it for 60 billion dollars.
- 31 August 2026. According to Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, DeepSeek's paused funding round is expected to close in August at a higher valuation.
- 2 September 2026. According to Bloomberg, the total value of the acquisition could rise to around $14 billion – including a $1 billion employee retention bonus.
- 2 September 2026. Bloomberg reports on a possible record round for the Devin developer – just four months after the last valuation.
- 4 September 2026. Nvidia seals acquisition of Hugging Face for $12.93 billion. The chip company secures the largest open-source AI platform - critics fear a preference for its own hardware.
- 5 September 2026. The data center operator raises over $3 billion – fueled by a five-year contract with the trading firm Jane Street.
- 9 September 2026. The Devin manufacturer closes a record round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel – with Nvidia as both investor and customer.
- 10 September 2026. Insiders say the software company is offering about two billion dollars for the voice-AI customer research startup – four times its January valuation.
- 13 September 2026. In a Fortune interview, OpenAI's CEO rules out a stock market listing in 2026 and refers to the current safety debate in the industry.
- 14 September 2026. Superhuman acquires note-taking AI Fathom with 400,000 users. The email provider Superhuman integrates the popular meeting assistant into its AI agent platform Superhuman Go.
- 15 September 2026. Two former Apple camera engineers sell their startup to OpenAI – amid the legal dispute between both companies over hardware secrets.
- 18 September 2026. The data center operator confirms September's rumored figures and adds Nvidia and a sovereign wealth fund as new investors.
- 21 September 2026. The Japanese investor finances the last OpenAI installment through dollar and euro bonds and holds a 13 percent stake at a 730 billion valuation.
- 21 September 2026. Aleph Alpha merges with Cohere – Heidelberg only research now. Cohere and the Heidelberg-based Aleph Alpha sign the binding merger agreement; new dual headquarters in Toronto and Berlin.
- 26 September 2026. DeepSeek reports a doubled revenue run and aims to complete a capital round of 7.5 billion dollars by the end of October.
What this means for companies in Germany
The figures are those stated in the original reports. Entries without a link replace the separate report.
