There is a statement from NI, but it’s not really saying anything substantial:

https://blog.native-instruments.com/statement-from-nick-williams-ceo-of-native-instruments/

I want to personally take a moment to address the recent news about Native Instruments.

Please rest assured that business continues as usual at Native…Read More

Nothing from Izotope yet? Were they integrated into NI in a different way than Plugin Alliance, so that they might be impacted?

On January 28, 2026 at 9:48 am MagicRuss said
The other one nobody has mentioned that I want to stay as far away from NI is Music Tribe, for the obvious reason that it is run by Uli Behringer.

Also surprised nobody put Gibson on the no no list either.

I also am against UAD because I don’t want to use iLok.

Well the difference between  Music Tr…Read More

On January 27, 2026 at 11:33 pm lamia6 said
Image Line would be another candidate, maybe? Their CEO is the former CEO of NI (Constantin Koehncke).

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Wouldn’t they go into competition with themselves if they bought NI, or even just Kontakt + NKS? They already own UVI.

Maybe they will split off their DJ Bra…Read More