The shares of Synopsys have run up more than 70% this year as investors pile into companies that could benefit from a boom in the use of artificial intelligence. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News Synopsys is in talks to acquire Ansys in a move that would create a new design-software giant and mark one of the first big merger deals of the new year. An acquisition of Ansys, which has a market value of nearly $30 billion, could be struck early in 2024, according to people familiar with the matter. The ta ...