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Top AI startup acquisitions in September 2026

We tracked 13 startup exits in September 2026. 4 disclosed a price, worth $23.63bn in total. The biggest was Nvidia buying Hugging Face for $12.93bn, ahead of AMD and World Labs at $8.2bn.

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  1. #DateAcquirer → StartupSectorLocationPriceSize
  2. 13 SepNvidia → Hugging FaceNvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billionAINew York, United States$12.93bn$1bn+
  3. 228 SepAMD → World LabsAMD agrees to buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion in stockAISan Francisco, United States$8.2bn$1bn+
  4. 329 SepSalesforce → Listen LabsSalesforce agrees to acquire AI customer research startup Listen LabsAISan Francisco, United States$2bn$1bn+
  5. 41 SepPalo Alto Networks → ConsolePalo Alto Networks acquires AI help-desk startup Console, reportedly for $500 millionAIUnited States$500m$250m–1bn
  6. 530 SepZoomInfo → DoubleO.aiZoomInfo acquires DoubleO.ai to run sales and marketing work with AI agentsAISan Francisco, United StatesUndisclosedUndisclosed
  7. 622 SepMistral AI → PimentoMistral AI acquires Paris ad-creation startup Pimento in its third deal of 2026AIParis, FranceUndisclosedUndisclosed
  8. 717 SepBeacon Software → Haize LabsBeacon Software acquires AI red-teaming startup Haize LabsAINew York, United StatesUndisclosedUndisclosed
  9. 815 SepEndra → PlanlabsEndra acquires Swiss AI startup Planlabs to move into mechanical engineeringAISwitzerlandUndisclosedUndisclosed
  10. 914 SepSuperhuman → FathomSuperhuman acquires AI meeting notetaker FathomAISan Francisco, United StatesUndisclosedUndisclosed
  11. 109 SepHarvey → Guardrails AIHarvey acquires Guardrails AI to make its legal agents more reliableAISan Francisco, United StatesUndisclosedUndisclosed
  12. 119 SepMeta → StillaMeta acquires Swedish AI agent startup Stilla to build out Meta Business AgentAIStockholm, SwedenUndisclosedUndisclosed
  13. 129 SepMotorola Solutions → DeepNeuronicMotorola Solutions acquires Portuguese video AI startup DeepNeuronicAICovilhã, PortugalUndisclosedUndisclosed
  14. 133 SepServiceNow → SweepServiceNow acquires Israeli agentic CRM startup SweepAIIsraelUndisclosedUndisclosed