The Adaptive Insights IPO is off (not that we’re bitter whatsoever). Instead, the firm took a bigger check to join up with Workday. All together now: boo.

The government helped shape the Internet, so it should come as no surprise it is also game to invest in the companies working to bring it to new heights. In-Q-Tel, the venture arm of the CIA, has invested in 172 known startups (more than 20 of which Crunchbase News has reached out to for comment), according to Crunchbase.

With Microsoft’s $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub this week, we can now decisively declare a trend: 2018 is shaping up as a darn good year for U.S. venture-backed M&A.

Microsoft acquired a “conversational AI” company yesterday. Here’s what we know.

Business planning software shop Adaptive Insights is going public. Here’s our first look.

Technical online education provider Pluralsight is marching towards going public. The Utah-based company intends to price its equity between $10 and $12 per share, according to its most recent SEC filing.

Late last week, GreenSky filed to go public. The firm, primarily backed by private equity, isn’t a household name. However, its scale, growth, and net income make it a notable firm and an even more interesting IPO.

General Assembly’s exit is not the first of its kind. Here are a few others.

As a follow-up to the Q1 2018 Global VC Investment Report, published yesterday on Crunchbase News, we present an analysis of startup liquidity in the first quarter of 2018. If the investment report was all about “money in,” this one is all about “money out.”

Design collaboration company InVision has acquired design teamwork tool Wake for an undisclosed price. Prior to its acquisition, Wake raised a $3.8 million Seed round in August 2015.