This‌ ‌week, Gap boosted its eCommerce features with Drapr. Empire Media Group is ready to begin its relaunch of Knewz. And Verizon sold Yahoo! and AOL to a private equity group.

This‌ ‌week, Analog Devices made the largest buyout in the chip production industry so far this year. Vulcan Material merged with U.S. Concrete and will expand its footprint in Texas areas. And Nexstar Media Group purchased The Hill. 

This‌ ‌week, Trusted Media Brands became the owner of Junkin Media. Biotech company Ilumina brought on cancer diagnostics firm Grail, but faces a challenge from the FTC. And Humana acquired the remaining shares of Kindred at Home, making it the largest provider of home healthcare services in the U.S.

This‌ ‌week, anime streaming experienced a mega-merger between Sony and Crunchroll. Toll Brothers purchased StoryBook Homes to expand in Las Vegas Real Estate. And Peer5 joined Microsoft.

This‌ ‌week, Axos Financial acquired E*Trade Advisor Services (EAS), Platinum Equity finished buying McGraw Hill and Victoria’s Secret gained independence.

This‌ ‌week, Deloitte expanded its cybersecurity assets with Sentek Global. Datavant and Ciox Health announced their major merge in the health data industry. And Shutterstock bought three AI platforms to prepare for its launch of Shutterstock.AI.

‌This‌ ‌week, Snap acquired more AR and 3D product modeling technology with Vertebrae. Automattic closed its acquisition of Pocket Casts. And Salesforce’s acquisition of Slack that grabbed headlines last year is finally complete.

This‌ ‌week, Twilio bought Zipwhip to strengthen its messaging capabilities. Etsy acquired secondhand shopping platform Depop and The Middleby Corporation added Novy to its portfolio.

This‌ ‌week, Platinum Equity finalized its acquisition of the world’s largest provider of mobility, cloud, platform, and supply chain solutions. Cisco Systems further invested in its event capabilities and Perrigo sold off its Generic Rx Pharmaceuticals business.