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Research Shows Mergers Are a Backbone of American Tech Leadership

March 5, 2026


Debates over mergers and acquisitions (M&A) often frame consolidation as a threat to innovation rather than a driver of it. That view misses how technological progress actually happens in capital-intensive, fast-moving sectors like AI. U.S. innovation has long depended on the ability to combine research, talent, and infrastructure at scale. As competition intensifies, especially from […]

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Advancing ideas to keep tech empowering people.

It’s important to remember the serious risks posed by the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA), the Open App Markets Act (OAMA), the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), and similar bills. Get up to speed with Springboard: https://t.co/v6pCPfwzQl

March 15, 2023 at 3:19 pm

🔎 Searching for competition in tech? Search no further than… search! DuckDuckGo has announced a new, AI-powered feature, “DuckAssist,” which can answer straightforward searches for users. Full story: https://t.co/pAYeNc8Pxd

March 15, 2023 at 2:31 pm

ICYMI from @ccianet‘s @MSchruers: “Gerrymandering rules simply to punish one group of businesses for the benefit of another is not smart competition policy.” https://t.co/UQDVIgViJj

March 15, 2023 at 1:46 pm

Innovation is the name of the game in tech. The latest? TikTok is launching a new, paywalled 20-minute video option that will allow certain creators to share longer-form videos with their followers. More: https://t.co/heWrtqHNqo

March 15, 2023 at 1:18 pm

Competition in tech continues as Spotify reaches 500 million monthly active listeners and plans to launch new Tik-Tok style video feed clips. Learn more: https://t.co/w6xcsPu852

March 15, 2023 at 12:44 pm

“U.S. tech innovators have helped America’s towns and small businesses grow and thrive by enabling companies to serve – or be based in – corners of the country that simply weren’t accessible before,” explains James Dickey in a recent column. More: https://t.co/M6AViOsBsi

March 15, 2023 at 12:19 pm

Last week’s SJC hearing was just more of the same, with participants rehashing similar arguments about flawed anti-tech legislation that failed to pass the last Congress. Don’t miss Springboard’s latest: https://t.co/DoPg9JFiKc

March 15, 2023 at 11:42 am

Competition is heating up in streaming technology, as Brightcove is launching its new ad monetization service for media companies. https://t.co/AJLl51vt6C

March 15, 2023 at 8:32 am

In a recent paper, antitrust legal expert @Sherman1890 explains AICOA was “a bill that deserved to die.” Learn more about why Congress should avoid reconsidering similar legislation. https://t.co/QULz4zQwqY

March 14, 2023 at 3:21 pm

As @PPI‘s Lindsay Mark Lewis explains, bills like AICOA “will do more harm than good to American families who rely on digital shopping, commerce, and communication every day.” More: https://t.co/K4HF5VyP3S

March 14, 2023 at 2:21 pm
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Hostility to innovation and technology diminishes the incredible Internet-enabled opportunities that leading tech services provide: empowering consumers, driving prices down and increasing choice, and providing platforms to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. It has given us a golden era of entertainment, knowledge, and everything from fashion startups, to booming mom and pop stores, to the latest app.

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