AI Investments, Record M&A, Angels Sold | Bloomberg Deals 9/2/2026

A weekly, midday program that delivers high-impact, editorially driven coverage of the most important corporate transactions shaping the global market. Today's guests: JPMorgan Global Co-Head of Investment Banking Dorothee Blessing, Cascadia Capital Managing Director Consumer & Retail Group Aarti Kapoor, Baird Head of Global Consumer Investment Banking Maria Watts, and Francisco Partners CEO & Co-Founder DJ Deb.

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00;00;00;00 Bloomberg Deals opens

00;00;49;16 Nvidia Nears $14B Hugging Face Deal

00;03;29;16 Anthropic IPO Countdown

00;04;52;17 S&P Global and Eli Lilly Deals

00;09;32;20 M&A Market Outlook

00;09;58;21 Dorothee Blessing, J.P. Morgan

00;13;33;20 IPO and Deal-Making Outlook

00;15;07;20 Private Equity and M&A

00;16;40;21 AI and Tech Deal-Making

00;20;38;20 Uber and KKR Deals

00;23;11;29 Premium Consumer Strategy

00;24;37;20 Investment Committee: Consumer Deals

00;25;07;20 Pet Sector Opportunities

00;27;20;20 Health, Travel and Consumer Deals

00;30;06;20 Beauty and Aesthetics M&A

00;33;59;24 DJ Deb, Francisco Partners

00;35;17;23 Software and Private Equity

00;38;39;24 AI Investment Boom

00;41;01;01 Los Angeles Angels Sale

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