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AI testing tool acquisitions: a dated table

Published by AI QA Directory on . Built from the catalogue data as of that date; tool pages carry the current facts.

The catalogue records 37 acquisition events across 33 tools, as of 2026-09-24. The table below lists every event, newest first. Each row gives the acquirer or counterparty named in the event, its evidence level and a source.

How acquisitions affect status

The site marks a tool "acquired" when another operating software company now owns the product and still sells it. The age of the acquisition does not change this. A tool owned by a private-equity firm or holding company keeps the status "active". The acquisition event is still recorded for that tool. Four tools fall under this rule: Applause, HeadSpin, Siteimprove and Worksoft.

Acquisition events, newest first

Acquisition events, newest first
DateToolAcquirer or counterpartyEvidenceSource
2026-07-30Tabnine test agentTricentisdocumentedTricentis
2026-06-09MOSTLY AISynthodocumentedSyntho
2025-01-23TestmoIderadocumentedSembi
2024-12-03QMetry Test ManagementSmartBeardocumentedSmartBear
2024-08-07CloudBees Smart TestsCloudBeesdocumentedCloudBees
2024-08Harness AI Test AutomationHarnessvendor-statedPitchBook
2024-07-18Tricentis SeaLightsTricentisdocumentedTricentis
2024-07-12HeadSpinPartnerOnevendor-statedTechCrunch
2024-03-25Perforce DelphixPerforcedocumentedPerforce
2024-01-25ReflectSmartBeardocumentedSmartBear
2023-07-07WaldoTricentisdocumentedTricentis
2023-01-31OpenText Functional TestingOpenTextdocumentedOpenText
2023-01-31OpenText Performance Engineering (LoadRunner)OpenTextdocumentedOpenText
2022-02-09TestimTricentisdocumentedTricentis
2021-11-01BlazeMeterPerforcedocumentedPerforce
2021-06-29Copado Robotic TestingCopadodocumentedCopado
2021-06-17Grafana k6Grafana LabsdocumentedGrafana Labs
2021-05-04XrayIderadocumentedIdera
2021-03-30Tricentis NeoLoadTricentisdocumentedTricentis
2021-02-02AutonomIQSauce LabsdocumentedSauce Labs
2020-09-04SiteimproveNordic CapitaldocumentedSiteimprove
2020-07-09PercyBrowserStackdocumentedBrowserStack
2020-06-25Eggplant TestKeysight TechnologiesdocumentedKeysight
2020-06-16Digital.ai TestingDigital.aidocumentedDigital.ai
2020-03-31ZephyrSmartBeardocumentedSmartBear
2019-02-25WorksoftMarlin Equity PartnersdocumentedMarlin
2018-12-03PerfectoPerforcedocumentedPerforce
2018-11-05BlazeMeterBroadcomdocumentedBroadcom
2018-06-20Tricentis qTestTricentisdocumentedGlobeNewswire
2017-10-23Ranorex StudioIderadocumentedRanorex
2017-09-01OpenText Functional TestingMicro FocusdocumentedMicro Focus
2017-09-01OpenText Performance Engineering (LoadRunner)Micro FocusdocumentedMicro Focus
2017-08-23ApplauseVista Equity PartnersdocumentedApplause
2016-09BlazeMeterCA TechnologiesdocumentedBroadcom docs
2016-06-28TestRailIderadocumentedTestRail
2016-02PcloudySmart Software Testing Solutionsvendor-statedInc42
2015-02-16PanayaInfosysdocumentedPR Newswire

Notes on specific rows

  • Testmo: the date is the Sembi launch announcement. That announcement does not give the date Idera acquired Testmo.
  • Harness AI Test Automation: PitchBook reports that Harness acquired Relicx in August 2024. The event is vendor-stated.
  • HeadSpin: TechCrunch reports the PartnerOne acquisition. The event is vendor-stated.
  • Pcloudy: Inc42 reports the acquisition. The event is vendor-stated.
  • BlazeMeter has three events, and each OpenText tool has two.

Current status of these tools

As of 2026-09-24, 25 tools carry the status "acquired". Nine tools with an acquisition event carry another status. The four tools owned by investment firms, listed above, are "active". OpenText Functional Testing, OpenText Performance Engineering (LoadRunner), Zephyr and CloudBees Smart Tests are "renamed". AutonomIQ is "shut-down". Bugzy is "acquired" from a vendor-stated homepage notice, with no dated event. See the status page and the Tricentis post.

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