Microsoft interested in buying Nuance

Microsoft is experiencing a busy time when it comes to shopping. To the already confirmed of ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda and the interest in getting Discord, now the news is related to Nuance, a voice recognition and Artificial Intelligence technology company that seems to be the new Redmond Company Goal

Nuance Communications, that's its name, seems to be on Microsoft's radar. According to Bloomberg, the Redmond giant is interested in taking over this company in exchange for a figure close to 16,000 million dollars in an operation whose talks would already be enough advanced.

Microsoft's second largest purchase

A piece of news that, in addition to Bloomberg, has also been confirmed by Reuters and that refers to a purchase of Nuance Communications Inc. by Microsoft that could even be completed over the next few days.

The price being talked about is about 16,000 million dollars (about 13,444 million euros at current exchange rates), which He puts each share at about $56 per share. According to Cinco Días, this price would mean a 23% premium compared to the close this Friday of Nuance shares.

For those who don't know Nuance, it is a company specialized in Artificial Intelligence artificer in part in the launch of Siri, the assistant to apple voice.If completed, it would be Microsoft's second-biggest acquisition after the $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn in 2016.

For now, Neither Nuance nor Microsoft have made any statement, so we will have to be attentive to news that has as its protagonist to Microsoft and a new purchase. And it is that beyond the two mentioned at the beginning, for some time now the American company has taken out the wallet for a walk frequently.

This is how we saw LinkedIn, GitHub or the studio responsible for the development of the video game Minecraft, or the alleged interest in acquiring Venture Beat, which reveals the economic muscle of a company, Redmond, which has a market value of more than 1.93 billion dollars.

Via | Bloomberg