I’ve been reading automation m&a news for two years now and I still can’t believe some of these numbers. A startup with fifty employees and a barely working prototype gets bought for four hundred million dollars. A century-old industrial conglomerate sells its robot division to a Chinese manufacturer. A software company that makes scheduling algorithms acquires a hardware manufacturer. None of it would make sense in any other industry. But automation is different. It’s not just about buying customers or technology. It’s about buying time. These companies know that building robotics expertise from scratch takes a decade. Buying it takes…
Author: Robert Jack
Robert Jack
I spent fifteen years in corporate finance before I realized I was writing more than I was analyzing. These days I cover business strategy, passive income, and the occasional investment deep dive. I'm the guy who reads annual reports for fun and gets genuinely excited about dividend reinvestment plans. My wife thinks it's weird. I think compound interest is beautiful. I write because someone has to explain business topics without making them sound like a textbook from 1998.
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