Microsoft to buy speech recognition firm Nuance for $19.7 billion
Microsoft to buy speech recognition firm Nuance for $19.7 billion 5 hours ago Microsoft on Monday announced the acquisition of cloud and AI firm Nuance Communications for $19.7 billion, the second most expensive acquisition by Microsoft after LinkedIn. The acquisition will help Microsoft scale up its healthcare technology infrastructure and will support its Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare initiative launched in 2020. Medical technology is at the front and centre due to the ongoing pandemic, and companies are scrambling to create new systems and data models. Nuance will bring a number of useful...