By Milana Vinn and Anirban Sen
由Milana Vinn和Anirban Sen撰寫
New York, July 17 (Reuters) - GitLab Gtlb.o, a U.S. Provider of Cloud-Based Software Development Tools Whose Investors Include Google Parent Alphabet Googl.o, Is Exploring a Sale After Attracting Acquisition Interest, According to People Familiar With the Matter.
紐約，7月17日（路透社） - GitLabGtlb.o是一家提供基於雲計算的軟件開發工具的美國公司，其投資者包括Google母公司Alphabet。Googl.o據知情人士透露，GitLab正在探索出售，因爲該公司受到了收購方的興趣。
GitLab, Which Has a Market Value of About $8 Billion, Is Working With Investment Bankers on a Sale Process That Has Attracted Interest From Peers, Including Cloud Monitoring Firm Datadog Ddog.o, the Sources Said.
GitLab的市值約爲80億美元，正在與投資銀行家一起策劃銷售流程，其中包括雲監控公司Datadog和其他同行公司。Ddog.o據消息人士稱。
Any Deal Is Still Weeks Away and No Agreement Is Certain, the Sources Said, Requesting Anonymity Because the Matter Is Confidential.
消息人士稱，任何交易仍需要幾周時間，而且協議尚不確定，因此請求匿名。
GitLab and Datadog Did Not Immediately Respond to Requests for Comment. Alphabet, Which Has a 22.2% Voting Stake in GitLab Through Its Venture Capital Arm, Also Did Not Respond to a Request for Comment.
GitLab和Datadog沒有立即回應置評請求。而持有GitLab 22.2%投票權的Google創投公司Alphabet也沒有回應置評請求。
Dealmaking in the Technology Sector Is Picking up, as Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing Push Companies to Expand Their Offerings. Alphabet Is in Advanced Talks to Acquire Cybersecurity Startup Wiz for Roughly $23 Billion After Previously Exploring an Acquisition Offer for Marketing Software Company HubSpot Hubs.n, Reuters Has Reported.
隨着人工智能和雲計算的進步，技術領域的交易正在加速，推動公司擴大其業務。據報道，Alphabet正在進行高級談判以約23億美元的價格收購網絡安全初創公司Wiz，此前它曾探索過一份收購報價面向市場的軟件公司HubSpot的報價。Hubs.n據路透社報道。
The Technology Sector Accounted for the Largest Share of Mergers and Acquisitions During the First Half of 2024, Jumping More Than 42% Year-on-Year to $327.2 Billion Globally, According to Data From Dealogic.
根據Dealogic的數據顯示，科技領域在2024年上半年的併購中佔據了最大份額，全球總交易額同比增長超過42%，達到3272億美元。
GitLab's Platform Allows Development, Operations and Security Teams to Design and Manage Software Using a Single Tool. It Has More Than 30 Million Registered Users and Is Deployed by More Than Half of the Fortune 100 Companies, According to Its Website. Its Nominal Headquarters Are in San Francisco but All Its Employees Work Remotely.
GitLab的平台允許開發、運營和安全團隊使用單一工具設計和管理軟件。據其網站稱，該公司擁有超過3000萬註冊用戶，並被財富100強企業中超過一半所採用。公司名義上的總部位於舊金山，但所有員工都在遠程工作。
GitLab's Shares, Which Have Been Trading in New York Since Their Initial Public Offering in 2021, Are Down 16% so Far This Year, Underperforming a 3% Rise in the S&P 500 Application Software Index, on Concerns About Its Customers Cutting Spending.
GitLab的股票自2021年首次公開發行以來一直在紐約交易，今年迄今下跌了16％，表現不及標普500應用軟件指數的3％上漲，因爲投資者擔心其客戶將削減支出。
While the Company Reported Robust Year-on-Year Revenue Growth of 33% to $169.2 Million and Posted Its First Ever Positive Cash Flow in Its Latest Quarter, It Acknowledged It Faces Headwinds in Pricing Its Offerings as It Competes With Microsoft Msft.o Following Its $7.5 Billion Acquisition in 2018 of Rival Github.
儘管該公司在最新季度報告中實現了創業板達33%的強勁收入增長，並首次發佈了正的現金流量，但公司承認在與微軟競爭定價策略方面面臨困境。Msft.o在2018年對手Github的75億美元收購之後，該公司面臨着一些問題。
GitLab CEO and Co-Founder Sid Sijbrandij, Who Controls 45.51% of the Voting Stock Through Dual-Class Shares, Said on the Company's Quarterly Earnings Call Last Month That He Would Undergo Treatment for Osteosarcoma, a Form of Cancer, for a Second Time After He Was Also Treated for It Last Year. He Added That He Is Working on Making a Full Recovery and Would Continue With His Duties.
GitLab 的 CEO 兼聯合創始人 Sid Sijbrandij 控制着雙重股份的 45.51% 投票權，上個月在公司的季度業績會上表示，他將再次接受骨肉瘤治療，並表示去年他也進行了治療。他補充說，他正在努力全面恢復身體狀況，並將繼續履行職責。
Datadog, Which Has a Market Value of $44 Billion, Offers Software That Allows Technology Workers to Collaborate and Measure Their Productivity Using the Cloud.
Datadog 是一家市值 440 億美元的公司，提供軟件，可以讓技術人員使用雲來協作和衡量他們的生產力。
(Reporting by Milana Vinn and Anirban Sen in New York; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
（紐約Milana Vinn和Anirban Sen報道；Christopher Cushing編輯）
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