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Meta has acquired Conductor, an AI coding startup that lets software engineers manage multiple coding agents simultaneously, sources familiar with the deal tell Axios exclusively.

Global cybersecurity company CrowdStrike will acquire two AI security startups to strengthen its artificial intelligence security capabilities. It also unveiled an “AI kill switch” feature that blocks the behavior of AI agents that go out of control.

Salesforce’s Cresta agreement gives Agentforce a major voice AI asset, but analysts warn the harder test is coherence. CX buyers now need to assess integration, platform neutrality, and whether voice automation improves real customer resolution economics.

Inkle, a certified public accountant (CPA) and bookkeeping firm that uses artificial intelligence (AI), has acquired the bookkeeping division of Finally, a financial operations platform for small businesses

Add preferred source Inkle, a San Francisco accounting firm whose technology team sits in Bengaluru, has acquired the bookkeeping business of financial operations platform Finally in an all-cash asset purchase announced October 28. The deal adds about 100 employees in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Puerto Rico and the US, taking Inkle’s headcount to roughly 160,…

Investing.com — Inkle, an AI-powered accounting firm that is profitable on $1.5 million of pre-seed funding, has acquired the bookkeeping business of Finally, a far better-funded rival that wound down in September, Investing.com has learned.

XXI Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM – Free Report) in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 2,849 shares of the CRM provider’s stock, valued at approximately $654,000.

Customer experience and AI transformation partner FourNet has acquired SVL Business Solutions, a Glasgow-headquartered contact center and customer experience specialist

Accenture has acquired UK customer intelligence firm Sagacity, adding more than 140 specialists to Accenture Song in the UK and Ireland.

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