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  "id": 3524786,
  "title": "Vanguard agrees to acquire RIA software startup Altruist, a source says for $4.6B in cash; Altruist raised $600M and had a $1.9B valuation in early 2025 (Dan Primack/Axios)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/vanguard-agrees-to-acquire-ria-software-startup-altruist-a-source",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-26T14:15:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/08/26/vanguard-altruist-ria"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Vanguard Group on Wednesday announced an agreement to acquire Altruist, a California-based provider of software for registered investment advisors.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Vanguard to acquire fintech Altruist for about $4 billion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/vanguard-to-acquire-fintech-altruist-for-about-4-billion",
        "published": "2026-08-26T13:13:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Finextra",
        "title": "Vanguard to acquire Altruist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/vanguard-to-acquire-altruist",
        "published": "2026-08-26T14:34:16.000Z"
      }
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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."
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