# Electronic Arts

Type: Company (EA)

Source: SaaS Intelligence Brief — https://getsaasbrief.com/entity/electronic-arts
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## Timeline

- **2026-08-13**: Workday shares surge on takeover reports — Shares rose nearly 18% to close at $206.45 after Reuters reported Silver Lake talks, lifting market capitalization to about $51.1 billion from roughly $43 billion.
- **2026-01**: Hg Capital agrees to OneStream take-private — Hg Capital agreed to take financial software maker OneStream private for about $6.4 billion, one of the few major software buyouts of the year.
- **2025**: Silver Lake completes $55B Electronic Arts take-private — Silver Lake partnered with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Affinity Partners for the roughly $55 billion deal, its largest recent software-adjacent transaction.

## Recent coverage (2 stories)

### Workday's $50B+ Take-Private Talks Signal Enterprise SaaS Inflection
2026-08-16 14:25:03 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

Silver Lake's reported interest in Workday highlights how mature enterprise SaaS vendors are being revalued amid AI disruption. For SaaS operators, the potential deal raises questions about product investment, customer retention, and the new playbook for legacy cloud platforms.
Full story: https://getsaasbrief.com/story/workday-50b-take-private-saas-ai-inflection

### Silver Lake's Workday bid tests the $51B legacy SaaS ceiling
2026-08-16 13:41:53 · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

Silver Lake's reported talks to take Workday private at a post-surge $51.1B market cap signal that private equity sees value in traditional SaaS despite AI disruption fears. The deal could reset how private equity prices cloud software giants navigating the AI transition.
Full story: https://getsaasbrief.com/story/workday-silver-lake-saas-ai-valuation

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