{"id":46715,"date":"2025-09-30T11:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/46715\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:02:09","slug":"eas-new-owners-reportedly-believe-ai-will-boost-its-profits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/46715\/","title":{"rendered":"EA&#8217;s New Owners Reportedly Believe AI Will Boost Its Profits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The main news yesterday was the <a href=\"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/ea-to-be-acquired-by-pif-silver-lake-affinity-partners-for-usd55-billion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">acquisition of Electronic Arts<\/a> by Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. This consortium already has plans for how to cut costs and pay off debts, and it will be done \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 via AI.<\/p>\n<p>At least that&#8217;s what the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/be980240-13ec-498c-ba79-71eada30d133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Financial Times report<\/a> says. The new owners bet on artificial intelligence to cut EA\u2019s costs and &#8220;manage a large debt load on a company that historically carried limited net debt.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This should &#8220;significantly boost EA\u2019s profits in the coming years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is not\u00a0surprising, considering EA&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/electronic-arts-embraces-generative-ai-leaving-no-one-surprised\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">commitment to AI<\/a> before the deal, especially after it <a href=\"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/ea-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-ai-days-after-firing-400-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">fired 400 people in search of cost cuts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>EA announced its acquisition on Monday, with the PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners paying $55 billion for the deal. An interesting part of the agreement is who EA is going to belong to: PIF is controlled by Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Silver Lake is a private equity firm with Egon Durban and Greg Mondre as co-CEOs.<\/p>\n<p>Affinity Partners caused the most unrest among people, though, as the investment firm is owned by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law. Interestingly, his company gets a lot of funding from the PIF.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think the new ownership will make EA better as a company? 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