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Microsoft could bolster Cloud for Healthcare with purchase of AI firm Nuance: Report

by Jason Gumpert
Editor, MSDynamicsWorld.com

Update: Microsoft has confirmed the acquisition of Nuance Communications in an all-cash transaction valued at $19.7 billion.

Microsoft is in talks to buy Nuance Communications, makers of artificial intelligence and speech recognition software, according to a report from Bloomberg.

If an agreement is reached, it could reportedly value the publicly-traded Nuance at approximately $16B.

Microsoft and Nuance already partner together and have found ways to bring Nuance solutions into Microsoft's latest industry strategy.

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About Jason Gumpert

As the editor of MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason oversees all editorial content on the site and at our events, as well as providing site management and strategy. He can be reached at jgumpert@msdynamicsworld.com.

Prior to co-founding MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason was a Principal Software Consultant at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), where he implemented solutions, trained customers, managed software development, and spent some time in the pre-sales engineering organization. He has also held consulting positions at CSC Consulting and Monitor Group.

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