A total of 168 M&A deals (pending and completed) were announced across the world, driven by Artificial Intelligence, in the last twelve months resulting in a total deal value of over $86,292.3 million. In the LTM period, May 2022 turned out to be the most prolific in terms of deal size, with a total deal value of $53,898.4 million, resulting in an average deal value of $4,899.9 million during that month. On the other hand, the month of December 2021 was the most prolific in terms of deal volume, recording a total of 17 deals, resulting in an average deal value of $210.8 million during that month.
Of the 168 deals, the deal secured between Deutsche Telekom AG and SoftBank Group Corp; T-Mobile US Inc, was the world's largest M&A deal driven by Artificial Intelligence, which was valued at $2,400.0 million and was completed on April 13, 2022. The second-largest deal was between General Motors Co and GM Cruise LLC, while the third-largest deal was between Equifax Inc and Appriss Insights, LLC. The General Motors Co-GM Cruise LLC deal and the Equifax Inc-Appriss Insights, LLC deal were valued at $2,100.0 million and $1,825.0 million, respectively. The fourth-largest deal was between Bolt Bidco Limited-Blue Prism Group Plc valued at $1,700.0 million, whereas the deal between Black Knight Inc-Optimal Blue Holdco, LLC valued at $1,156.0 million was the fifth-largest deal.
Cumulatively, the top five deals amounted to $9,181.0 million and accounted for nearly 10.64% of the total deals (by value) announced during the last twelve months. By region, Asia-Pacific accounted for 61.55% of the total M&A deals done globally, and recorded a total deal value of $53,909.4 million, which accounted for 28.49% of the total deal size on a global scale.
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