We have lots of acquisition news today, Dear Reader, and I’m not talking about your first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season. Let’s start with Instacart buying pricing and promotions platform Eversight. It’s an interesting extension as Instacart works to protect its pandemic-driven market gains in the face of new home delivery options and a return to in-store sales.
It will be housed within a new website hosted by the Better Business Bureau.
Did you know that TIME Magazine (1923) predates the first bread slicing machine (1928)? TIME’s original business model went stale long ago, although the company has expanded its digital, video, events, and other businesses since Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff and his wife bought it in 2018. TIME just made its first acquisition under the Benioff regime, purchasing no-code website builder Brandcast. The tech will help TIME clients build customized microsites.
Enterprise AI vendor Uniphore has acquired CDP ActionIQ and cloud data engineering system Infoworks. The combination of products will create a Zero Data AI Cloud that simplifies AI deployments by enabling companies to access data for AI projects without moving it from existing systems. Prices were not announced.