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Dropbox acquires Tigris for $350M to power DBX Agent Cloud

According to a post on X by @Trace_Cohen, which cites The New Stack, Dropbox has bought Tigris, an S3-compatible storage startup, for $350 million. The purchase is meant to underpin DBX Agent Cloud. The post says the price puts a nine-figure value on agent storage infrastructure as Dropbox repositions toward agent platforms. The source does not give further deal terms.

Source: Scobleizer News Pulse (X) · x.com Found via Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer News Pulse · a post on X, not independently verified Published 2026-11-05T20:20:00+00:00 Detected 2026-11-05T22:25:07+00:00
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According to a post on X by @Trace_Cohen, which cites The New Stack, Dropbox has bought Tigris, an S3-compatible storage startup, for $350 million. The purchase is meant to underpin DBX Agent Cloud. The post says the price puts a nine-figure value on agent storage infrastructure as Dropbox repositions toward agent platforms. The source does not give further deal terms.

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Trace Cohen and The New Stack report Dropbox bought S3-compatible storage startup Tigris for $350 million to underpin DBX Agent Cloud. It puts a nine-figure price on agent storage infrastructure as Dropbox repositions toward agent platforms. Also: https://x.com/thenewstack/status/2118418143269847161 · <a...

The deal shows a company paying a significant sum for the storage layer behind AI agents, which may interest builders weighing their own storage options. For Dropbox users and rivals in cloud storage, it signals a shift from file storage toward agent platforms. Next, watch for details on how DBX Agent Cloud is rolled out and how Tigris is integrated.

Business readers can use this as a signal of where capital, competition, or market attention is moving.

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