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Ganaz, a Seattle maker of payroll and HR software for farmworkers, has been acquired by Beacon Holdings, according to a post by its CEO Hannah Freeman, who is stepping away; terms were not disclosed. Beacon has not issued its own release.
Inkle, an AI-native small-business tax and accounting firm, says it has acquired the bookkeeping division of Finally in an all-cash deal, its first acquisition; terms were not disclosed. Inkle says the deal makes it a top-500 U.S. CPA firm by revenue.
Trade press reports that Dwelly acquired London agency Paramount Properties, its tenth deal of 2026, and has secured $170M in funding from investors including EQT Growth and General Catalyst. Trade-press report only: we have not seen a Dwelly or investor release, and when the funding round took place is unverified.
Agreement announced; closing unverified.
Baldwin announces a $7.7B enterprise-value agreement; expected close Q1 2027.
Harbor partnership covers advisory, implementation, training and adoption.
Google integration uses ADK and MCP to connect specialized legal agents.
Microsoft collaboration includes Azure, integrations and joint go-to-market.
Alorica licensed to resell/deploy Crescendo, with joint offerings and human delivery access.
Consilio announces joint AI services; possible Aurora integrations remain exploratory.
Eudia announces OpenAI partnership for government workflows.
Reuters reports a $6.3B Amex GBT agreement announced May 4.
Baldwin announced enterprise Claude expansion before the Sequence deal.