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Appeared in the February 3, 2026, print edition as 'Musk’s SpaceX Acquires His xAI Startup'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Elsewhere Facebook Acquires Visual Shopping Startup to Bolster AI Work GrokStyle makes tech that lets you take a picture of an object and then find a corresponding object to buy on the internet.

From The Verge • Feb. 12, 2019

Jay Z Acquires Luxury Champagne Brand Armand de Brignac | A gold bottle of the Champagne, nicknamed “Ace of Spades,” appeared in a music video in 2006.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2014

September 16 IFC Acquires Rights to Film About Harvey Weinstein IFC Entertainment has acquired "Unauthorized: The Harvey Weinstein Project," about the volatile ways and remarkable career of the Miramax co-founder.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2010

How Duty Acquires a Glamour.—You can change a brazen duty into gold in the eyes of all by always performing something more than you have promised.

From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm