WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook Nears Purchase of Startup Valued at $1 Billion

Fb Inc. is nearing a deal to purchase Kustomer, a startup that makes a speciality of customer-service platforms and chatbots, in accordance with individuals accustomed to the matter.

The deal, which could possibly be accomplished as quickly as Monday afternoon assuming talks don’t disintegrate, would worth New York-based Kustomer at slightly over $1 billion, the individuals stated. Carefully held Kustomer was valued at $710 million in a non-public funding spherical roughly a 12 months in the past, in accordance with PitchBook.

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