Overview
- Dell will acquire Dataloop for $120 million in cash, adding automated preparation of images, video, audio and text for enterprise AI projects.
- The company plans to integrate Dataloop into Dell AI Factory, complementing Project Helix and the AI Data Platform to deliver GPU‑ready datasets for partners and customers, including NVIDIA H100 training pipelines.
- Founded in 2017 in Herzliya, Israel, Dataloop has raised about $50 million and serves clients such as Vimeo, Taranis, Syngenta, UVeye and Brunswick.
- Dell shares fell roughly 4% after the announcement as analysts flagged integration execution, upfront costs and uncertain timing for revenue contribution.
- In early trading Thursday, shares were up about 0.7% premarket following the prior session’s decline, according to Benzinga.