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Wow. I hope customers are not too badly impacted. (Sucks for the employees too)
If you own NI hardware and big Kontakt libraries it’s bad news not to even mention if you work for them or a 3rd party that relies on their ecosystem.
Filing for insolvency means they are restructuring the company. Doesn't mean they are disappearing.
@NeuM At least it will be a sale off. Bottom line they need to pay off creditors so could end up splitting all parts of the ecosystem to interesting parties if they find any !
That's certainly possible. I meant to say that such a thing was not guaranteed. If they restructure their debt and have some of it forgiven they might be in a better position going forward. I'm not familiar with how Germany's laws might adversely affect such plans.
I hope they make it.
I remember them when I first got Reaktor back in the early 00s. They seemed like a small, innovative hip company. It just seems that they’ve grown into this sprawling corporate monstrosity since then.
Hope the core business gets sorted, I love some of their plugs.
Heres wishing the best for those workers this will no doubt affect.
Bought Reaktor when it first came out and built loads of stuff with it. Haven’t used it in years. It’s a pity they stopped development.
Regarding IOS land , I guess this affects Unfiltered Audio the most ,
as part of PlugIn Alliance , which NI took over .
Can’t think of any other companies …?
Blimey, I was close to an Absynth 6 purchase last week. Shame, that’s a great synth, hope someone continues to support it.
Upgraded Komplete last year, but backed up and have had my money’s worth already if it disappears. Doubt my Maschine Mk 3 that’s up for sale will get many takers now though.
A lot of companies connected with the Kontakt ecosystem, pretty major upset for those developers too.
Guess I'll hold off on upgrading to the latest izotope suite
I hope the companies, brands, and especially the employees involved are able to stay as intact and solvent as possible during the restructuring.
I’m bought in to the Traktor ecosystem and I can’t escape the feeling that Traktor is the part of NI that’s least likely to make it through the storm. Bummer, but I’d be lying if I said I was surprised
TRK01 and Massive X are my fav NI plugins, but I do think they make some really decent gear. I do hope someone salvages their products.
Well fudge.. i have too many PA plugins.
The quality of their hardware is top notch. My Mk3 build quality is on a par with my Push 3, possibly better, and my big Kontrol keyboard is built like a tank.
Yep I was hoping for something to eventually push me into a Mk3. Im s7re someone will buy them
I don’t mind to be honest, I saw a vid yesterday where the guy was using the Mk3 and Push together, and the keyboard is a beast, and I can still use tham as general MIDI controllers 😎
Native Instruments is still a valuable company. Insolvency does not mean bankruptcy. It means they need some restructuring and probably new investors to stay solvent. This could end up being a good thing for the brand. I wish a company like Arturia or Ableton could purchase them.
Insolvency is the state of not being able to pay the company's debts. Bankruptcy is the legal process by which the courts step in to try to restructure things so that vendors are fairly paid if possible. Bankruptcy isn't the same as Liquidation or Dissolution. Many companies come out of bankruptcy and continue on.
In Germany, filing for Insolvency is basically what we'd call filing for Bankruptcy in the US. Often (always?) this means that a court appointed administrator will take charge of making sure vendors are paid as fairly as possible. That could involve simple restructuring, or it could involve selling off assets, or even liquidating the company.
It's a lot more than saying "Uh oh! we can't pay our bills. We better get our act together," but it's also not saying that the company will necessarily go out of business.
(btw, in Germany companies need to file for insolvency even if it looks like they're in danger of not being able to pay their debts, or even if they can pay but the company's debts exceed their assets. That's way more serious than here in the US. In Germany, failing to file may mean the company officers can be held personally liable for fraud and/or the debt itself.)
🙏 I love the idea of Ableton buying NI. I hope they survive somehow because they make great products.
The companies that would be interested in taking on a net debt liability are limited. Buying a company means buying their debt too. Past-due payments and all obligations need to be met. That includes all kinds of things such as building leases, contractual obligations such as long-term purchasing contracts, warranty obligations, tax obligations, excess and obsolete inventory ...
In Europe that can be especially sticky because of strong employee protections. You can't just fire all the workers you like as you can in most US states without paying off their employment contracts, which can be a huge expense. The prospect of finding someone ready to take on a bunch of new debt and obligations on top of whatever purchase price is negotiated, for a business that is already proven to be not able to generate sufficient revenue, isn't super likely.
I worked for more than one company that wanted to shut down unprofitable subsidiaries in Europe. Though they were a cash drain, we literally couldn't afford to shut them down. We were forced to bear the net losses for years.
If I was to guess, I'd say that NI will come through this rather than get scooped up by anyone else.
The view count on Peter Kirn's Twitter post about this shows what a big deal it is. Twitter is mostly pretty dead for plugin related stuff these days, but this is at over a million views in less than a day , which is utterly unheard of
“Acquisition By Bridgepoint & Bain Capital Credit?
There is an update on Native Instruments’ preliminary insolvency
According to the news, the European Commission has cleared the acquisition of the Native Instruments Group by UK-based Bridgepoint Group Holdings Limited (Bridgepoint) and Bain Capital Credit. This was announced at the end of 2025.
Thanks to a comment: Bain Capital Credit was the investor company that bought Guitar Center. We don’t yet know for sure if the purchase went through. One thing is sure: this happened in late 2025.”
Lots of interesting threads out there. Some of the YouTube 'influencers' are comically exagerating the situation. Thats the problem. The click baiters come out and all of a sudden its the end of the world!
The most interesting YouTube I watched (lost the link), described the difference between Preliminary Insolvency in Germany and the American 'insolvency' that most of the YouTubers are quoting....some YouTubers are even discousing chemical solvents lol.
Its an issue, as its easy and human nature to get swept up in a little drama. We all do it.
To be honest Im really not too concerned. The products have enough quality to be desirable to the money men....lets just hope eventually the company manages to be a little more stable financially, whatever happens to them or with whomever bails them out or purchases them.
Hopefully not too much harm will come from all of this to how people perceive the company, after all, the products are really good!
Kontakt is industry standard kit, I find it hard to believe that part of the company won’t get snapped up.
There could be a positive side to all this, maybe splitting up different parts of the business could result in increased development (Reaktor for example), than the current private equity bunch that took over?
Yep could easily be some positives long term
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