Acquisition History / Microsoft / Nuance Communications
Microsoft Acquires Nuance Communications
Announced April 12, 2021 — $19.70B
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
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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