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Microsoft makes biggest acquisition since LinkedIn...to buy Nuance Communications for $56 per share in cash...worth about $16 billion...
— Dominic Chu (@TheDomino) April 12, 2021
Nuance is perhaps best known for its voice recognition technology that goes into things like Apple Siri.https://t.co/QZx7RpDJba$MSFT $NUAN
Microsoft is going to own the Dragon voice products. I always thought it was one of the industry's bigger tragedies that Dragon Systems founders Jim and Janet Baker sold their company to an outfit that then collapsed under the weight of its own fraud. https://t.co/6wWsekaDRR
— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) April 12, 2021
AI is technology’s most important priority, and healthcare is its most urgent application. Together with @NuanceInc, we will put advanced AI solutions into the hands of professionals to drive better decision-making and create more meaningful connections. https://t.co/ipdP6qZTx9
— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) April 12, 2021
Would be one of the biggest tech deals this year: Microsoft Is Said to Be in Talks to Buy Nuance Communications - Bloomberg https://t.co/iEJg7mfj01
— Liana B. Baker (@LianaBaker) April 11, 2021
Worth noting: Nuance was originally spun out of @SRI_Intl, which quietly has pioneered much of web tech (and more) for 75 years now.
— Louis Gray (@louisgray) April 12, 2021
Younger viewers... yes, Siri came from Nuance.
Older viewers: Doug Engelbart, behind "The Mother of All Demos" was a key SRI researcher. https://t.co/E2L4CkR5wq
Interesting as Microsoft sunsets Cortana on mobile. Nuance makes Dragon Naturally Speaking, the premiere voice-to-text application https://t.co/kgwFj453Zw
— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) April 12, 2021
Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance seems like speech recognition as the means to the ends of healthcare & other customer experiences instrumented for optimization. Less about understanding the words, more about understanding the broader contexts. https://t.co/gHmAhCvZPD pic.twitter.com/1uDbUcRPFt
— Marshall Kirkpatrick (@marshallk) April 12, 2021
Microsoft literally has a building here (Tech Center) in MA next to Nuance, so not too surprising that the companies have become so close that an acquistion would happen. https://t.co/4yCHNKwdBz
— Daniel Rubino (@Daniel_Rubino) April 11, 2021
Not sure if there’s any Nuance tech left in Apple products, but if so, I think they’re way less dependent on it than they once were.
— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) April 12, 2021
I don't see this as Microsoft specifically buying Nuance's Dragon speech tech. Instead, Nuance's market-specific, purpose-built speech/AI solutions (healthcare, for example) seems very complementary to Microsoft's enterprise ambitions.
— Mark Hachman (@markhachman) April 11, 2021
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we've confirmed Microsoft wants to pay about $56 per share for Nuance Communications, an acquisition could be announced as soon as tomorrow https://t.co/8qMpGxmRKD
— Jordan Novet (@jordannovet) April 11, 2021
Microsoft in talks to buy AI firm Nuance Communications for about $16 billion.
— Thomas (@X_Gamer_kid) April 11, 2021
Nuance whose voice recognition technology helped launch Apple Inc's assistant Siri, makes software for sectors ranging from healthcare to the automotive industries. pic.twitter.com/mvbQdhV7ve
Once upon a time, Nuance was called ScanSoft. I happened to be visiting on the day in 2001 when it bought failed voice technology giant Lernout & Hauspie at a bankruptcy auction, its first move into voice. https://t.co/RAptJFQWRA
— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) April 11, 2021
Nuance's speech tech patent portfolio is prohibitively expansive, not that DoJ/FTC would care, obviously.
— Kontra (@counternotions) April 11, 2021
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Microsoft is elephant hunting — just as all of its largest rivals can’t/won’t. Coincidence? Probably not.https://t.co/SXyLK9XqKP
— Alex Sherman (@sherman4949) April 12, 2021
LinkedIn co-founder @reidhoffman had this to say about Microsoft's $16B acquisition of Nuance: "One of the things I learned [in LinkedIn's combination with Microsoft] ... is how good Satya and his team are at actually integrating companies." @CNBCTechCheck https://t.co/7pRGZsfINI pic.twitter.com/nnrRHeepiN
— CNBC (@CNBC) April 12, 2021
MORE: An agreement could be announced as soon as this week, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private.
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) April 11, 2021
The price being discussed could value Nuance at about $56 a share https://t.co/ySbi1T4CK1 pic.twitter.com/ixaIpM0occ
Some new details here: Microsoft approached Nuance in December, closing in on $16b equity deal for Nuance. Agreement could be signed as soon as today, deal announced tomorrow. https://t.co/MkA4mBQDYm
— Alex Sherman (@sherman4949) April 11, 2021
With this acquisition (plus Tellme back in 06), MSFT has basically acquired all the big speech rec companies back in 2000 (except for my old company VoiceGenie which is now part of Genesys) — Nuance was huge roll up of all those old companies
— Eric Jackson (@ericjackson) April 12, 2021
The deals $MSFT has been eyeing in the past year are significantly larger than its previous targets.
— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) April 12, 2021
— Nuance ($16B)
— TikTok ($10-$30B)
— Discord ($10B+)
— Pinterest ($51B)
2000's/2010's
— Skype ($8.5B)
— Nokia ($7.2B)
— aQuantive ($6B)
— GitHub ($7.5B)https://t.co/sbvK1tBV6O
$MSFT >>#Microsoft Makes Big Bet on Health-Care #AI Technology With Nuance
— ??? (@chigrl) April 12, 2021
"This can really help Microsoft accelerate the digitization of the health-care industry" https://t.co/bkvkQ4wzGM pic.twitter.com/ccO2XIegwR
Scoop confirmed
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) April 12, 2021
*MICROSOFT TO BUY NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS FOR $56 PER SHAREhttps://t.co/wO4C1KV7K4
Microsoft Acquires Nuance for $19.7 Billion - https://t.co/LCpuNcvJo7 pic.twitter.com/D91TXtrNUS
— Paul Thurrott (@thurrott) April 12, 2021
Microsoft Acquires Nuance for $19.7 Billion - https://t.co/xNNr7qYBmk pic.twitter.com/M5kKsQMJri
— Thurrott Feed (@Thurrottfeed) April 12, 2021
“While prior offerings forced doctors to use devices to transcribe notes and then spend hours at the end of the day to file paperwork, DAX .. leverages AI to [create] documentation .. All the doctor has to do is sign off.” @firstadopter $MSFThttps://t.co/fYuyIfKlWx pic.twitter.com/eE1Lwd1lEn
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) April 12, 2021
Microsoft just announced that it will buy speech recognition company Nuance Communications in a $16 billion deal. https://t.co/9OjtacWGl4
— CNBC (@CNBC) April 12, 2021
BREAKING: Microsoft buys Nuance Communications in $16 billion dealhttps://t.co/JIUKjkKJNZ
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) April 12, 2021
Microsoft buys speech recognition company Nuance (makers of Dragon) in a $16 billion deal https://t.co/pMidoupOfu #tech #a11y #news #microsoft #dragon #speech
— Easy Chirp (@EasyChirp) April 12, 2021
Microsoft buys Nuance Communications in a $16 billion deal.?@blueisviolet @New_Legal_ https://t.co/JKBtpeiTlH
— OSKOOL-G (@oskool_g) April 12, 2021
Companies like @NuanceInc –acquired by @Microsoft for $16B – & @JC2Ventures-backed #startups @asapp, @uniphore & @pindrop are transforming customer service thru conversational AI, IoT, voice & security. Stay tuned — more to come in this hot area of tech! https://t.co/kJvN6s346f
— John T. Chambers (@JohnTChambers) April 12, 2021
MS, 음성인식 회사 뉘앙스 160억달러에 인수 발표. 시장에서는 기업 환경에서의 음성인식 솔루션 제공하던 회사이기 때문에 MS 인수 후 시너지 효과 기대. https://t.co/YiPJoLtjRb
— 나가토 유키 (@nagato708) April 12, 2021
Microsoft buys Nuance Communications in a $16 billion deal https://t.co/NZEWVBwj6B
— Amit Paranjape (@aparanjape) April 12, 2021
Microsoft to buy Nuance Communications in $19.7B deal https://t.co/nsdjy7T7vl >> Deal is Microsoft's second-largest behind its 2016 LinkedIn acquisition #AI pic.twitter.com/CzwwZp3PJD
— Ruben Spruijt (@rspruijt) April 12, 2021
Microsoft buys Nuance Communications in $16 billion deal https://t.co/joKCMjXcG1
— CNBC (@CNBC) April 12, 2021
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MicrosoftがNuanceを買収の由。ヘスルケア向けクラウド環境の強化が主眼らしい。病院での診察時の会話を認識して解析する部分など。https://t.co/qIlBwLlSoc
— Tsuyoshi Ide (井手 剛) (@Idesan) April 12, 2021
Big Big acquisition & a very good one!!@microsoft acquires @NuanceInc for a whooping $16B deal.
— Neil Shah (@neiltwitz) April 12, 2021
Much needed acquisition to expand into key sectors where Nunace is quite strong w/ good dev community:
? Health
?Voice
? Enterpriseshttps://t.co/ipevenrhXR pic.twitter.com/UaGrCjQ8tB
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