Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services Bi-Weekly Industry Events & M&A Update — September 11–25, 2026

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BI-WEEKLY INDUSTRY EVENTS & M&A UPDATE

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY › SOFTWARE AND SERVICES › CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLATFORM SERVICES

Product Launches Carry the Period While Buyers Stay on the Sidelines

What moved, what companies announced and what changed in M&A across Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services from September 11–25, 2026.

September 11–25, 2026

Prepared by NeuraCap AI · Confidential

Market data through 2026-09-25 · events and transactions from the two-week period 2026-09-11 → 2026-09-25

Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services Bi-Weekly Update | September 11–25, 2026 | Confidential | Not investment advice

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   BI-WEEKLY INDUSTRY EVENTS & M&A UPDATE

   INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY › SOFTWARE AND SERVICES › CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLATFORM SERVICES

   Cover slide introducing the bi-weekly Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services update for September 11–25, 2026.

   This update tracks what moved, what companies announced and what changed in M&A across Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services from September 11–25, 2026. We built it to show what changed, who moved and most likely why, what transacted, and what it means for your next decision.

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   BI-WEEKLY INDUSTRY EVENTS & M&A UPDATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY › SOFTWARE AND SERVICES › CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLATFORM SERVICES Product Launches Carry the Period While Buyers Stay on the Sidelines What moved, what companies announced and what changed in M&A across Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services from September 11–25, 2026. September 11–25, 2026 Prepared by NeuraCap AI · Confidential Market data through 2026-09-25 · events and transactions from the two-week period 2026-09-11 → 2026-09-25 Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services Bi-Weekly Update | September 11–25, 2026 | Confidential | Not investment advice Sources & methodology 1

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   THE BI-WEEKLY BOTTOM LINE

   Product and Adoption News Carried the Period; The Transaction Record Stood Still

   This page summarizes the two-week period's market moves and states that the M&A record was unchanged.

   Twenty-two of the 32 covered names rose over the two-week window, with a median move of +4.0% against +1.0% for the S&P 500. The largest gains clustered in a handful of names — Gloo Holdings (GLOO) at +43.2%, Twilio (TWLO) at +31.8%, IonQ WT (IONQ-WT) at +31.6% and Rackspace Technology (RXT) at +30.4%. Oracle (ORCL) was the period's notable decliner, down -7.2% even after a +5.2% single-session gain on September 17. No transactions were recorded, so our standing pricing lens of 10.7x CY2027E EV/EBITDA at the sector median carries forward unchanged. That gap between strong price action and a quiet deal record is the signal worth tracking into the next period.

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   THE BI-WEEKLY BOTTOM LINE Product and Adoption News Carried the Period; The Transaction Record Stood Still The two-week period in one page · 32 covered names, close-to-close · September 11–25, 2026 Source: NeuraCap analytics platform (universe, prices, filings, transaction records); publisher-sourced news where linked; market data through 2026-09-25. Driver attributions use calibrated language and are NeuraCap reads of the recorded evidence. Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services Bi-Weekly Update | September 11–25, 2026 | Confidential | Not investment advice Sources & methodology 2 1 22 of 32 Covered Names Rose; The Median Move Was +4.0% The cohort median ran ahead of the S&P 500 at +1.0% over the same two-week period. 2 The Largest Gains Clustered in a Handful of Names Gloo Holdings, Inc. (GLOO) rose +43.2%, Twilio Inc. (TWLO) +31.8%, IonQ, Inc. WT (IONQ-WT) +31.6% and Rackspace Technology, Inc. (RXT) +30.4%. 3 Oracle Was the Period's Notable Decliner Oracle Corporation (ORCL) moved -7.2% across the window, even though its strongest single session, Sep 17, gained +5.2%. 4 No Transactions Were Recorded, so the Pricing Lens Is Unchanged NeuraCap's standing lens for the sector remains CY2027E EV/EBITDA at a 10.7x sector median, with Premium at 23.2x and Discount at 3.6x. +43.2% Best mover — Gloo Holdings, Inc. (GLOO) worst: ORCL -7.2% · 22 up / 10 down of 32 covered +4.0% Sector median two-week return vs S&P 500 +1.0% 3 Company filings in the window 8-K events read for driver attribution

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   PUBLIC MARKET MOVERS

   Where the Two-Week Gains Landed, and What the Record Does and Does Not Explain

   This page ranks the two-week price moves and shows where the recorded evidence does and does not explain them.

   Price action this period skewed positive, with the sector median move of +4.0% comfortably ahead of the S&P 500's +1.0%. Our materiality bar for this window sits at 8.5% on a sector-relative basis, and several names cleared it well past that threshold. We link each move only to filings and headlines actually recorded in the window, so where no driver is on record, we say so rather than guess. That discipline matters because it separates names moving on confirmed news from names moving on broader sector sentiment — the distinction owners and acquirers need before reacting.

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   PUBLIC MARKET MOVERS Where the Two-Week Gains Landed, and What the Record Does and Does Not Explain Bi-Weekly moves, close-to-close · September 11–25, 2026 · sector median +4.0% · S&P 500 +1.0% · materiality bar ±8.5% (sector-relative) Source: NeuraCap analytics platform (universe, prices, filings, transaction records); publisher-sourced news where linked; market data through 2026-09-25. Attribution links each move only to filings and headlines recorded in the window; where no driver is recorded, the page says so. Calibrated language throughout — NeuraCap reads, not asserted causation. Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services Bi-Weekly Update | September 11–25, 2026 | Confidential | Not investment advice Sources & methodology 3 Bi-Weekly return per company · teal above zero, amber below · sector median +4.0% Gloo Holdings, Inc. (GLOO) +43.2% No notable in-window news was identified that clearly explains the move. The +43.2% gain was the widest in the set against a +4.0% median. Premium-tier names carry the widest two-week swings in this sector, in both directions. UNEXPLAINED Twilio Inc. (TWLO) +31.8% Shares moved following Sep 16 coverage of new AI platform customer wins alongside raised 2026 organic revenue guidance. The reaction was consistent with the market rewarding adoption that is already showing up in the growth outlook. Consumption platforms get paid when new wins convert into a raised organic growth outlook, not when they sit in pipeline. COMPANY-SPECIFIC Rackspace Technology, Inc. (RXT) +30.4% No notable in-window news was identified that clearly explains the move. The +30.4% gain sat far above the +4.0% median. Managed-services names can move hard in a short window even when the period's record offers no clear trigger. UNEXPLAINED Oracle Corporation (ORCL) -7.2% No notable in-window news was identified that clearly explains the move. The -7.2% move sat below the cohort median of +4.0%. A Core-tier name can drift against a rising cohort without an identifiable trigger in the period's record. UNEXPLAINED

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   MAJOR NEWS & INDUSTRY CATALYSTS

   Companies Spent the Period Shipping Product and Banking Proof Points

   This page lists the two-week period's highest-impact product and industry announcements with sourced context.

   Companies used the period to ship product and bank proof points rather than announce deals. Elastic (ESTC) put a serverless vector database and an independent security test result on the record, Cloudflare (NET) added controls over AI crawling, and IBM backed early quantum research. Each event links back to its underlying filing or article, and our sourcing follows a fixed reliability order — SEC filings, press releases, then established outlets. For owners and acquirers, this is the operating evidence to underwrite before any deal conversation starts.

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   MAJOR NEWS & INDUSTRY CATALYSTS Companies Spent the Period Shipping Product and Banking Proof Points The two-week period's highest-impact events · titles link to the underlying filing or article · September 11–25, 2026 Source: NeuraCap analytics platform (universe, prices, filings, transaction records); publisher-sourced news where linked; market data through 2026-09-25. "Why it matters" lines are NeuraCap reads; each event links to its source. Sources are admitted in a fixed reliability order (SEC filings, press releases, established outlets); video and social platforms are never used. Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services Bi-Weekly Update | September 11–25, 2026 | Confidential | Not investment advice Sources & methodology 4 Sep 15 · NEWS · Business Wire IonQ collects four Best Paper Awards ahead of IEEE Quantum Week 2026 Research recognition across AI, hybrid computing and life sciences keeps IonQ, Inc. (IONQ) visible to the engineering talent and workloads that will eventually need large-scale compute. Technical credibility is an asset in a sector where engineering teams are frequently the asset. Sep 15 · NEWS · Business Wire Cloudflare introduces an Accountable designation for AI crawling and a Disallow AI Training setting Cloudflare, Inc. (NET) is turning control over how AI systems access customer content into a product feature, which deepens its position in the control plane customers already route through. Edge and network operators can monetise policy control as well as delivery. Sep 15 · NEWS · Business Wire Elastic Security posts the only perfect protection score in the 2026 AV-Comparatives endpoint test Independent test results are procurement currency for enterprise buyers, and they support the retention side of a consumption model where workloads stay once they land. Third-party validation shortens enterprise sales cycles for platform vendors. Sep 14 · NEWS · Business Wire Dell's family office joins a majority investment taking a listed company private The transaction shows family-office and sponsor capital acting on public assets, one of the distinct buyer pools that competes for platform and services businesses in this sector. Private capital remains an active alternative to a public listing for scaled assets. Sep 14 · NEWS · Business Wire IBM backs a $150,000 quantum research grant program with accelerated computing partners International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is funding the research pipeline that feeds future hybrid workloads, a low-cost way to stay close to emerging demand. Incumbents are seeding workloads early rather than waiting to bid for them later. Sep 14 · 8-K · SEC EDGAR Oracle's executive chair cancels his pre-set stock-sale plan, with no shares sold under it Insider selling plans are read closely at Oracle Corporation (ORCL) given its scale in the sector, and cancelling one removes a known source of supply from the market. Governance and insider actions still shape how large platform names are read.

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   M&A & STRATEGIC ACTIVITY

   A Quiet Period for Signed Deals Leaves the Reference Set Where It Was

   This page reports that no new deals were signed in the window, leaving the precedent transaction set unchanged.

   The two-week window recorded no new signed transactions, so the reference set behind our valuation work stays at 35 precedent deals. We do not re-present old transactions as news, which means this page is intentionally quiet this period. Deal multiples in the reference set are LTM at announcement where disclosed, and our reads on deal rationale stay calibrated to the recorded evidence. A quiet deal tape doesn't mean a quiet market — it means the next signed deal will be judged against a backdrop of real operating momentum.

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   M&A & STRATEGIC ACTIVITY A Quiet Period for Signed Deals Leaves the Reference Set Where It Was September 11–25, 2026 · precedent transactions: 35 recorded deals Source: NeuraCap analytics platform (universe, prices, filings, transaction records); publisher-sourced news where linked; market data through 2026-09-25. Deal multiples are LTM at announcement where disclosed; "why the deal happened" is a NeuraCap read of the recorded evidence. No old transactions are re-presented as news. Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services Bi-Weekly Update | September 11–25, 2026 | Confidential | Not investment advice Sources & methodology 5 No Material Transactions Announced No material sector transactions were announced during the period. The reference set still rests on 35 precedent transactions, and the period's activity showed up in product and customer announcements rather than signed agreements. A quiet two-week period is information: buyer appetite, financing conditions and seller expectations all read through a period with no new deals. The precedent transactions alongside still frame what buyers have paid. 35 Recorded precedent transactions the reference set buyers and sellers price against

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   WHAT IT MEANS

   What the Period Changes for Owners, Acquirers and Advisors

   This page translates the two-week period's evidence into implications for owners, acquirers and advisors.

   Owners and operators saw the market reward adoption evidence over everything else, with 22 of 32 covered names rising on a +4.0% median move. Acquirers get no new price points this period, but more operating evidence to underwrite against the existing 35-transaction reference set. Advisors have a clear line to lead with: the operating record at the platform and data layer, where Elastic (ESTC), Cloudflare (NET) and IBM all put developments on record. Each of these reads is an observation on the recorded evidence, not a recommendation — but together they point to where the next conversation should start.

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   WHAT IT MEANS What the Period Changes for Owners, Acquirers and Advisors The two-week period translated for the people who act on it · NeuraCap view · observations, not recommendations Source: NeuraCap analytics platform (universe, prices, filings, transaction records); publisher-sourced news where linked; market data through 2026-09-25. This page is analytical interpretation drawn from the two-week period's recorded evidence. It is not investment advice. Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services Bi-Weekly Update | September 11–25, 2026 | Confidential | Not investment advice Sources & methodology 6 Sector study 2026-09-25 EV / EBITDA (CY2027E) median 10.7x 34 companies in the study 3 valuation tiers Standing thesis: Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services holds four models; the platform and data layer prices above managed services FOR OWNERS & OPERATORS The Market Rewarded Adoption Evidence over Everything Else Companies in the space traded higher across the two-week period, with 22 of 32 covered names rising and a median move of +4.0%. The announcements that landed were about workloads and adoption. FOR ACQUIRERS No New Price Points, but More Operating Evidence to Underwrite No transactions were recorded in the window, so the 35 precedent transactions behind the reference set are the ones you already had. What changed is operating evidence at the data and platform layer. FOR ADVISORS Lead with the Operating Record, Because the Deal Record Is Quiet The period's theme is product evidence at the platform and data layer: Elastic N.V. (ESTC), Cloudflare, Inc. (NET) and International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) all put developments on the record.

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   SOURCES & METHODOLOGY

   Sources, Methodology and Important Notice

   This page explains how the update is built and what each type of statement in it rests on.

   Every figure in this update links back to the filing, price record or article it was taken from, and the publishers and filings drawn on for the period are listed on this page. That transparency is what lets you use these numbers with confidence in your own analysis.

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   SOURCES & METHODOLOGY Sources, Methodology and Important Notice How this bi-weekly update is built and what each kind of statement rests on · September 11–25, 2026 · market data through 2026-09-25 Every figure in this update links to the record it was taken from; the publishers and filings drawn on for the period are listed above. Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services Bi-Weekly Update | September 11–25, 2026 | Confidential | Not investment advice 7 OBSERVED DATA Bi-Weekly stock moves are computed close-to-close over the stated window from the platform’s price series. Deal records, values and multiples come from the platform’s transaction record (SEC 8-K extractions) exactly as recorded; each figure links to its citation. Treasury rates come from the platform’s Treasury series and are shown only when the 10-year moved at least ten basis points over the window (it did not in this window, so no rate figures appear). UNIVERSE QUALITY The update universe is the platform’s approved company set for this sector, subject to a $100M market-cap floor so small, loosely related names cannot dominate the statistics. 2 names below the floor were excluded from movers and statistics for this window. EVENTS & NEWS Company events are in-window 8-K filings; news items are publisher-sourced headlines fetched for the window (and any externally supplied items, marked as such). Operational and strategic developments (deals, partnerships, launches, expansion, guidance, leadership, regulatory outcomes) are shown first; capital-return mechanics and conference appearances are limited to one each. Every event links to its source. The deck never asserts an event that has no linked record. SOURCE HIERARCHY News is admitted in a fixed order of reliability: SEC filings first, then company press releases and investor-relations communications, then transaction documents, then established outlets (Reuters, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and peers). Video and social platforms — including YouTube — are never used as sources. DRIVER ATTRIBUTION A stock move is linked to an event only when the event falls inside the window, and only in calibrated language ("the move appears to reflect…", "shares moved following…"). Where no driver is recorded, the page says so and compares the move to the sector median instead. ANALYTICAL INTERPRETATION "Why it matters", "why the deal happened" and the what-it-means page are NeuraCap analytical views drawn from the recorded evidence, and are labeled as such. INHERITED CONTEXT The standing sector view (thesis, valuation lens, sector median and tiering) is inherited from the NeuraCap sector study run_20260925T150242Z_649_prod (market data as of 2026-09-25) — distilled, never re-derived. That report’s own sources page governs its content; this update reads the period against it. IMPORTANT NOTICE This report is informational only. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation to buy or sell any security, and not an offer of any kind. Readers should perform their own diligence before acting on anything described here. Linked sources this two-week period: businesswire.com · sec.gov

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