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The "Quasi-Merger" Crackdown: How US Regulators are Redrawing the Map for Big Tech’s AI Ambitions
As of late 2025, the era of "stealth acquisitions" in the artificial intelligence sector is facing its most significant reckoning to date. For years, the world’s most powerful technology firms attempted to bypass traditional antitrust scrutiny by swapping outright buyouts for multi-billion-dollar licensing agreements and "acqui-hires.