Salesforce Braze Acquisition: $5.66B Deal Details

Salesforce has agreed to acquire Braze for about $5.66 billion in enterprise value, paying $47.50 in cash per share. The Salesforce Braze acquisition was announced on October 20, 2026, and gives the CRM vendor the real-time customer behaviour data its Agentforce AI agents depend on. This edition of our daily brief covers that deal alongside four other business and technology stories.

Salesforce Braze acquisition adds live data to Agentforce

Salesforce agreed to buy Braze at a premium of roughly 58% over Braze's $30.04 close on Monday, according to the Salesforce announcement. Braze shares had lost about 58% of their value over the prior twelve months, and they rose more than 50% in premarket trading. The price sits just below a $48 target Raymond James had set days earlier. Braze listed in November 2021 at a $5.9 billion valuation, so the deal values the company close to its IPO level.

Tenstorrent closes $1.5B Series E at $6.2B valuation

Tenstorrent closed a $1.5 billion Series E at a $6.2 billion post-money valuation, with Tether Investments among the participants, as the company's funding report describes. The round came in place of sale talks with Intel and Qualcomm, which had been linked to valuations of up to $10 billion. Chip architect Jim Keller leads the company, and the proceeds will fund the production ramp for its Galaxy server systems. The valuation has more than doubled since the December 2024 Series D.

Planet Pelican-12 tests AI inference in orbit

Planet launched Pelican-12, its second-generation imaging satellite, on SpaceX's Bandwagon-5 rideshare from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, as launch reporting details. The spacecraft runs image analysis on NVIDIA Jetson-based onboard GPU hardware before any data reaches the ground. Its 30 cm class imagery is sharper than the 50 cm class of the first generation, which produces more data per pass and raises the value of filtering on orbit. The mission is Planet's 25th spacecraft launch of 2026.

Arda raises $160M to automate factory line design

Arda emerged from stealth with a $160 million Series A at a $1.5 billion valuation, according to its announcement. Altimeter, Accel and Khosla Ventures co-led the round, bringing total funding to $232 million. Former OpenAI research chief Bob McGrew founded the company in 2025, and Anduril is its only named customer. One separate report cited a $230 million round, but the $232 million total matches the $160 million figure.

Google fixes Home Speaker background downloads

Google has begun rolling out a software update that fixes a bug causing some Google Home Speakers to pull large amounts of data while idle, as 9to5Google reported. In one test, an idle unit recorded 17 GB in 24 hours without processing a voice command or streaming music. Google has not published a root cause, and owners on metered plans should check their data usage.

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Forty state attorneys general have set nine conditions on any sale of the Character.AI app and its user chats, with bids due November 20. The European Union has published EN 18286:2026, the first harmonised standard under the AI Act, which gives providers a presumption of conformity with Article 17.

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