{"id":434099,"date":"2026-01-28T04:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/434099\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T04:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:38:09","slug":"c3-ai-in-talks-to-merge-with-startup-automation-anywhere-the-information-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/434099\/","title":{"rendered":"C3.AI in talks to merge with startup Automation Anywhere, The Information reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Jan 27 (Reuters) &#8211; Enterprise <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/ai\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:artificial intelligence;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">artificial intelligence<\/a> software provider C3.AI (<a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/AI\" data-ylk=\"slk:AI;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI<\/a>) is in talks to merge \u200bwith privately held startup Automation Anywhere, The \u200cInformation reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the discussions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">If \u200cthe deal materializes, Automation Anywhere would buy C3.AI and go public as a result, the report added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Reuters could not immediately verify the report. C3.AI \u2060and Automation Anywhere \u200cdid not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">California-based C3 offers \u200da platform that enables clients, including the U.S. Air Force, to develop and operate large-scale artificial intelligence applications. \u200bIts AI tools are used across the \u200cU.S. government as well as in the energy and manufacturing sectors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Automation Anywhere develops software to automate repetitive tasks. Private investors valued the company at $6.8 billion in 2019, according to The Information \u2060report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Reuters reported exclusively late last \u200byear that C3.AI was exploring \u200ba potential sale, among other options, after its founder Thomas Siebel stepped down \u200das CEO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">C3 \u2060AI&#8217;s stock has fallen more than 59% in the last one year amid worsening financial \u2060performance and uncertainty over its strategy and leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">(Reporting by \u200cAkanksha Khushi in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi \u200cAich and Sherry Jacob-Phillips)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan 27 (Reuters) &#8211; Enterprise artificial intelligence software provider C3.AI (AI) is in talks to merge \u200bwith privately&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[182,181,507,205571,205572,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-434099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-c3","12":"tag-software-provider","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}