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IBM’s Red Hat acquires stealth Israeli startup Jounce for $20M to bolster AI cloud stack | CTech
Jounce, an Israeli AI startup founded in 2024, has been acquired by Red Hat, a subsidiary of IBM, for an estimated $20 million. The acquisition aims to integrate Jounces modular AI deployment platform into Red Hats open-source ecosystem, enhancing its global reach. Jounce, backed by a $2 million Seed investment from Pitango First, was founded by alumni of Unit 8200 and has developed a platform that offers over 10,000 deployment options. The acquisition is expected to help Jounce scale its operations and reach a broader customer base across various industries. The deal includes employee retention incentives and milestone-based payments.
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רד האט מכריזה על שיתוף פעולה עם המכללה האקדמית תל חי בלומר
Red Hat, a leading provider of open source solutions, has announced a collaboration with Tel-Hai Academic College in northern Israel. The partnership aims to strengthen ties between Red Hat and the colleges computer science students, exposing them to practical work in open source code. As part of the collaboration, Red Hat will hold enrichment activities on open source topics for students and encourage outstanding students and graduates to join the company. The college will also allocate offices for the companys employees in the north to allow students practical access to the open source world.
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IBM closes $34 billion deal to buy Red Hat
IBM has closed its $34 billion acquisition of software company Red Hat, signaling its focus on ramping up its cloud computing business. The acquisition represents IBMs biggest acquisition in its more than 100-year history. Red Hat specializes in Linux operating systems and will continue to build and expand its partnerships with major cloud providers. IBMs cloud revenue has grown significantly in recent years, and Red Hat is expected to contribute to its compound annual revenue growth over a five-year period.
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IBM acquires Red Hat for $34 billion
IBM has agreed to acquire Red Hat for $34 billion, including debt. This acquisition is IBMs biggest to date and aims to diversify the companys technology hardware and consulting business. IBM hopes to become the worlds No. 1 hybrid cloud provider through this acquisition. Red Hat specializes in Linux operating systems and offers subscription-based software services. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2019.
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Red Hat buys Israeli virtualization co Qumranet
Red Hat Inc. has announced its acquisition of Israeli virtualization start-up Qumranet Inc. for $107 million. This acquisition will make Red Hat a market leader in virtualization and Qumranet will become Red Hats R&D center in Israel. Qumranets Solid ICE platform enables enterprises to host desktops in KVM virtual machines on servers in the corporate data center. Red Hat and Qumranet have been collaborating for a few months and this acquisition will boost Qumranets market share and allow Red Hat to enter a new market.
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