Goldman’s tech summit swirls with talk of record 2025 deals
The post Goldman’s tech summit swirls with talk of record 2025 deals appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Tech CEOs, investors, analysts, and even bankers descending on San Francisco this week for one of the industry’s biggest gatherings are buzzing about the possibility that 2025 could become a record year for deals. That optimism marks a sharp reversal from just six months ago, when President Donald Trump’s Rose Garden tariff announcement rattled markets and stoked recession fears. The occasion is Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Communacopia & Technology Conference 2025, opening Monday at the Palace Hotel. The tech event has long served as both a stage for companies to lay out priorities and a proving ground for executives seeking to defend or drum up support for major mergers. Dealmakers flood San Francisco as optimism returns Roughly 260 firms are slated to present, including Meta Platforms Inc., fresh off its $14.3 billion bet on Scale AI Inc.; Salesforce Inc., which in May struck its biggest deal since 2020 with Informatica Inc.; and Nvidia Corp., which just last week snapped up startup Solver Inc. in a multimillion-dollar agreement. According to Bloomberg data, such transactions have pushed technology dealmaking to $645 billion year-to-date, the strongest pace since 2021’s post-pandemic boom that generated nearly $1 trillion in deals. Counting communications and media, the broader sector has already notched $822 billion in activity. Big-ticket moves this year include Palo Alto Networks Inc.’s $25 billion takeover of CyberArk Software Ltd., Thoma Bravo’s $12.3 billion buyout of Dayforce Inc., and CommScope Holding Co.’s $10.5 billion asset sale to Amphenol Corp. The driving force now is the artificial intelligence arms race. Meta and Elon Musk’s xAI Corp. are pouring billions into data centers. At the same time, major software companies face mounting pressure to use M&A as a defensive strategy against AI-driven disruption, according to dealmakers. “There will be transactions that defy our imagination within the broader…
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Tech CEOs, investors, analysts, and even bankers descending on San Francisco this week for one of the industry’s biggest gatherings are buzzing about the possibility that 2025 could become a record year for deals. That optimism marks a sharp reversal from just six months ago, when President Donald Trump’s Rose Garden tariff announcement rattled markets and stoked recession fears. The occasion is Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Communacopia & Technology Conference 2025, opening Monday at the Palace Hotel. The tech event has long served as both a stage for companies to lay out priorities and a proving ground for executives seeking to defend or drum up support for major mergers. Dealmakers flood San Francisco as optimism returns Roughly 260 firms are slated to present, including Meta Platforms Inc., fresh off its $14.3 billion bet on Scale AI Inc.; Salesforce Inc., which in May struck its biggest deal since 2020 with Informatica Inc.; and Nvidia Corp., which just last week snapped up startup Solver Inc. in a multimillion-dollar agreement. According to Bloomberg data, such transactions have pushed technology dealmaking to $645 billion year-to-date, the strongest pace since 2021’s post-pandemic boom that generated nearly $1 trillion in deals. Counting communications and media, the broader sector has already notched $822 billion in activity. Big-ticket moves this year include Palo Alto Networks Inc.’s $25 billion takeover of CyberArk Software Ltd., Thoma Bravo’s $12.3 billion buyout of Dayforce Inc., and CommScope Holding Co.’s $10.5 billion asset sale to Amphenol Corp. The driving force now is the artificial intelligence arms race. Meta and Elon Musk’s xAI Corp. are pouring billions into data centers. At the same time, major software companies face mounting pressure to use M&A as a defensive strategy against AI-driven disruption, according to dealmakers. “There will be transactions that defy our imagination within the broader…
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