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ADT reported Q3 2026 revenue of $1,349M (up 4%) and withdrew its guidance because of the pending Thrive Holdings acquisition. The release also lists AI programs ADT began before the deal, including AI-driven sales and service pilots and Origin AI presence sensing planned for 2027. The Thrive deal remains announced, not closed.

CWT Italia, an Amex GBT unit now under Long Lake ownership, revoked an Oct 4 plan to cut 190 of its 429 staff on Oct 23 after union pushback, but at talks on Oct 30 it maintained that it has a staff surplus; further meetings are set for Nov 9, 12, 17 and 24. Unions describe it as one of the first cases of AI affecting jobs; that is the unions' framing, and we found no Long Lake or Amex GBT statement linking the plan to AI.

Thrive Holdings signed a definitive agreement to buy ADT for $10.00 a share in cash, about $7.6B in equity value and $15.3B in enterprise value, with financing committed solely by Apollo-managed funds. Announced, not closed: closing is expected in Q1 2027, subject to ADT shareholder and antitrust approval, and ADT may solicit other bids until Nov 28.

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.

Baldwin's preliminary Q3 figures, as reported by Insurance Business, include $21M of go-private costs so far; the acquisition by Sequence Holdings and DFO Management is announced and still pending, with closing expected in Q1 2027.

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.

Agreement announced; closing unverified.

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.

Baldwin announced an agreed go-private transaction with approximately $7.7 billion enterprise value.

Founders welcome Affinity Partners and Dell Family Office as new partners.

Sequence reports BankSouth loan stages fell from nine to three.

Baldwin announces a $7.7B enterprise-value agreement; expected close Q1 2027.

Wissmann says Agents API provides the harness while Nexus retains environment, context and UX.

Case study reports >50% of incoming tickets resolved autonomously.

Eudia reports Nemotron Parse 7x faster and 9x cheaper per page internally.

Dwelly reports more than 1,000 maintenance tasks processed during August 2026.

Harbor partnership covers advisory, implementation, training and adoption.

Agreement covers Puzzle’s accounting-firm technology/business; direct SMB business remains independent.

Preferred CFO announced as joining Current.

Google integration uses ADK and MCP to connect specialized legal agents.

CXP launched as unified customer-experience operating platform.

Thrive announced more than $2 billion in new capital.

New capital announced exceeds $2B.

Multiplier announced a $35 million Series B.

Multiplier announced a $35M Series B and eight acquisitions.

Shareholders approved August 3; August 4 release still anticipated H2 closing subject to conditions.

Dwelly announced $95 million in equity financing.

American Growth Insurance announced nearly $70 million committed equity; not necessarily drawn capital.

AGI announced nearly $70M committed equity.

Andy Lee appointed CEO; founding CEO Matt Price transitions to board strategic adviser.

Crescendo announced Andy Lee as CEO and Matt Price moving to an advisory role.

Gaidarov announces policy-grounded answers within Slack.

Nasdaq Private Market records a July 1, 2026 IPO and BSP ticker.

Microsoft collaboration includes Azure, integrations and joint go-to-market.

Alorica and Crescendo announced a strategic partnership; this is not acquisition evidence.

Alorica licensed to resell/deploy Crescendo, with joint offerings and human delivery access.

RFA announced a client-facing Managed AI offering.

Consilio announces joint AI services; possible Aurora integrations remain exploratory.

Accessible WSJ material reports Beacon’s $225 million Series C.