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Microsoft to buy Siri's AI developer Nuance in deal worth $19.7 billion
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Deccan Herald | 12/04/2021 09:41 PM | Click to read full article
Microsoft Corp on Monday said it is buying speech technology company Nuance Communications Inc. in an all-cash deal valued at $19.7 billion, making a massive bet on health care artificial intelligence.
Microsoft is tapping the Burlington, Massachusetts-based company tied to the Siri voice technology that makes software for sectors ranging from healthcare to the automotive industries.