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Summary List PlacementSalesforce and Microsoft have a long rivalry — and it's stronger than ever if CEO Marc Benioff's most recent comments are any indication. When the New York Times recently asked Benioff about his history with the Washington-based firm, the Salesforce CEO quipped, "What's that company? How do you spell it?" The interview followed the news of Salesforce's monster $27.7 billion acquisition of...

Summary List Placement On February 6, cybersecurity firm Forescout ended months of speculation when it finally confirmed plans to go private in a massive $1.9 billion acquisition.  As word of the deal broke, the firm — which specializes in keeping internet-of-things devices secure — posted another disappointing set of quarterly results, which fell short of analyst expectations and saw net losses climb to $20...

Airbnb quietly acquired Eliot, a real-time pricing calculator for rental property owners, in a previously unreported 2018 deal, an Airbnb spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider. Airbnb had already rolled out a similar tool to Eliot in 2015 called "Smart Pricing." Airbnb did not disclose how much it paid for the deal or what it did with Eliot's team or product. Airbnb has acquired more...

Airbnb bought payments startup Bold Financial Technologies in November 2016 in a previously unreported deal, a spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider. Bold aimed to make international payments easier and more secure for large marketplaces like Airbnb and Uber. Airbnb did not disclose the price or terms of the deal, or what happened to Bold's team or product. Airbnb has acquired more than two dozen...

Since its launch in 2008, Airbnb has gone from a startup renting air matresses to a multi-billion dollar global travel company. After a wave of lukewarm receptions for tech IPOs last year, Airbnb announced its own plans to brave the public markets in 2020.  Investors wil be taking a close look at the company's reported losses, but also at its past acquisitions and how...

Startup acquisitions aren't a black-and-white issue. Jyoti Bansal, the founder of AppDynamics, recommends selling some stock in your company if you need cash now, but want to retain control over your business. That's what Bansal did years before he sold AppDynamics to Cisco for $3.7 billion. Click here for more BI Prime stories. Jyoti Bansal had recently launched his app-analytics startup, AppDynamics, when he...

T-Mobile's planned merger with Sprint faces ongoing scrutiny from federal regulators, and the "Un-carrier" is reportedly renegotiating terms of the deal. T-Mobile has been working on a merger with Sprint for several years, but that's not its only step in its plan to become one of the biggest companies in the world, according to a recently published company road map. Internal T-Mobile documents made...