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October 2, 2025

Italian unicorn Bending Spoons in talks to buy AOL for $1.4bn

Last month, Bending Spoons snapped up US video platform Vimeo

Freya Pratty

2 min read

Milan-based unicorn Bending Spoons is in advanced talks to buy AOL for $1.4bn from US firm Yahoo, Reuters reported citing sources familiar with the matter.

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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