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Microsoft Acquires Nuance Communications

Announced April 12, 2021 — $19.70B

MicrosoftSpeech synthesis and speech recognition2021

What happened

Nuance Communications was a company based in United States operating in speech synthesis and speech recognition.

Acquirer
Microsoft
Target
Nuance Communications
Announced
April 12, 2021
Price
$19.70B
Industry
Speech synthesis and speech recognition

By the numbers

Microsoft's acquisition history
256th of 280 tracked deals
Disclosed prices
70 of 280 Microsoft deals
Microsoft's average disclosed price
$2.55B
Microsoft's largest disclosed deal
Activision Blizzard ($75.40B)
Tracked acquisitions in 2021
63 across all acquirers
Microsoft in Speech synthesis and speech recognition
1 acquisition

Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition

When did Microsoft acquire Nuance Communications?

Microsoft acquired Nuance Communications on April 12, 2021. This was Microsoft's 256th publicly tracked acquisition out of 280 we have on record.

How much did Microsoft pay for Nuance Communications?

Microsoft paid $19.70B for Nuance Communications.

What does Nuance Communications do?

Nuance Communications was a company based in United States operating in speech synthesis and speech recognition.

What other Speech synthesis and speech recognition companies has Microsoft acquired?

Nuance Communications is Microsoft's only publicly tracked acquisition in Speech synthesis and speech recognition so far.

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