← Back to PeopleJRJournalistJudy RiderCopy Editor at CrunchbaseLinkedInCopy Editor at Crunchbase with over 20 years of editorial experience.1Mentions1Articles1OutletsCompanies CoveredAnthropic1Anyscale1Astral1Benchmark1Cadastral1Coefficient Bio1Cohere1Convogo1Crixet1Crunchbase1Cursor1Cyera1Fragment1Glass Imaging1Graceview1ArticlesMost recent firstMentioned InReferenced in coverageCrunchbase: AI Startups Have Acquired 195 Other AI Companies in 2026, OpenAI Alone Did 10CrunchbasepositiveOct 7, 2026“Co-author reporting on surge in AI startup acquisitions driven by serial acquirers like OpenAI and Anthropic.”