{
  "id": 12541095,
  "title": "AI startup acquisitions by other AI startups hit 195 through Sept. 29, up 14% from all of 2025, but number of buyers grew just 2%; OpenAI was the most active (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/ai-startup-acquisitions-by-other-ai-startups-hit-195-through-sept-29",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-07T04:00:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://news.crunchbase.com/ma/ai-startup-acquisitions-legal-healthcare-openai/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Some of the AI industry's fastest-growing startups are becoming serial acquirers, buying smaller companies to fill product gaps …",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}