China Reviews Meta’s $2 Billion acquisition of Manus
The Chinese government is reviewing Meta Platforms’ $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus for potential violations of technology export control, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citin...
Fraud Orchestration Puts Merchants Back in Charge
For years, fraud prevention lived in the shadows of digital commerce. It was essential, yes, but also costly and largely invisible.
Merchants typically treated it as a tax on growth, somet...
Built to Bend: How Companies Are Shouldering Tariffs
The entrenched volatility of the United States’ ever-shifting tariffs strategy has become part of the structure of the nation’s economy, with major implications for consumer spending. So have ambi...
CES Spotlights B2B Tech Driving Next Industrial Era
By now, the consumerization trend of the B2B space is old news. But if the 2026 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is any indication, the tides of innovation appear to be heading upstream,...
How Private Equity Is Learning to Love AI
Happy 2026 and welcome back to Dealmaker! Private equity has long loved software companies, which generate gobs of steady cash flow from long-term customers. But that love affair has broken down beca...
