Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Technology › Software buyout deals collapse to lowest level since...
Technology

Software buyout deals collapse to lowest level since pandemic after AI rout

Software buyout deals collapse to lowest level since pandemic after AI rout
Financial Times Monday 08 June 2026, 04:00 UTC 1 min read
Key Points

Value of private equity software acquisitions struck in the first five months of the year tumbles to $50bn

Value of private equity software acquisitions struck in the first five months of the year tumbles to $50bn
Originally published by Financial Times Read original →

Related Stories

A Meta Employee Who Just Lost Their Job Was Detained by Immigration Agents

A former Meta employee who lost their job during a round of layoffs on May 20 is said to have been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in recent days, according to communications inside the company seen by WIRED. A current employee posted about the incident on an internal Meta messaging board for immigration topics this week. The initial post was marked as “urgent” and tagged two Meta executives who focus on immigration issues and employee risk, in an attempt to escalate the...

Wired 9m ago

Farage suddenly returns to political stage – but dodges questions about £5m gift

Reform UK leader has been unusually quiet in recent weeks – at great cost to the party during a crucial byelectionFake images of Nigel Farage have been ubiquitous online lately – but the real politician has proved far more elusive since it was revealed seven weeks ago that he took a £5m personal gift from a crypto billionaire. And while an AI-generated depiction of the Reform UK leader was falsely shown getting violent on BBC’s Question Time, Farage has been largely avoiding the TV studios...

The Guardian World 26m ago

Bill Gates says Epstein wanted personal relationship, but he 'never reciprocated'

The Microsoft co-founder spent hours talking to lawmakers behind closed doors, where he also said Epstein used his marital infidelities to pressure him.

BBC News 27m ago

Bill Gates says Epstein wanted personal relationship, but he 'never reciprocated'

The Microsoft co-founder spent hours talking to lawmakers behind closed doors, where he also said Epstein used his marital infidelities to pressure him.

BBC World 27m ago