Thrive Holdings, where OpenAI is a partner and investor, is buying the security company ADT: the deal's total value is $15.3 billion
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A holding company that renews businesses with SI, with OpenAI's involvement, is buying ADT for $15.3 billion including debt.
Thrive Holdings is acquiring ADT at $10 a share, about $7.6 billion in equity; including debt the total value of the deal is $15.3 billion, ADT said (according to The Information, payment is in cash). Thrive Holdings is a holding company spun out of Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital: it holds more than 75 companies and renews them with the help of SI, and OpenAI supplies models, technology and engineers. The companies intend to invest in and release new SI-based security products; "ADT will form the foundation of Thrive Holdings' smart home security business," the release says.
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