SHOPIFY INC.

18. Business Combinations

Vantage Discovery Inc.

In March 2025, the Company completed the acquisition of Vantage Discovery Inc. (“Vantage”), a company based in Austin, Texas, that provides AI-powered search and content discovery services. By integrating Vantage’s hybrid search engine architecture that combines traditional search engines with vector databases and large language models, the development of AI-powered, multi-vector search across Search APIs, Shop and Storefront search offerings will be accelerated. The Company acquired 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Vantage in exchange for cash consideration of $59 million. In connection with the transaction, $24 million in restricted shares were granted and $6 million in cash are being accounted for as compensation as these amounts are related to post-combination services.

The following table summarizes the purchase price allocation of the Vantage assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date in US $ millions:

The acquired technology has an estimated fair value of $20 million using a cost approach and is being amortized over three years. Goodwill from the Vantage acquisition is attributable to the expected synergies that will result from integrating Vantage's technology with Shopify's Search offering, and the acquisition of the assembled workforce. None of the goodwill recognized is deductible for income tax purposes. There is no net deferred tax liability related to taxable temporary difference on acquired intangible assets due to offsetting deferred tax assets related to losses from the pre-acquisition period.