Patient experience is ripe for change, and because bedside manner and precision both matter, voice is at the center of plans to reshape medicine to be more effective — and human. The explosion of cloud-based platforms using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve patient journeys and...
In today’s top news, PayPal has launched a new fraud protection tool for businesses, and Microsoft acquired AI healthcare tech firm Nuance Communications. Plus, Walmart has brought on Citi exec Julia Unger to lead its financial services unit. PayPal Introduces New Fraud Protection Tool For...
The week has kicked off with a much anticipated acquisition: Microsoft announced Monday (April 12) it will purchase speech recognition firm Nuance Communications for about $16 billion, or $56 share, 23 percent above its Friday closing price. Given that Microsoft will also be assuming Nuance’s...
Microsoft is acquiring artificial intelligence (AI) speech recognition tech company Nuance Communications in a $19.7 billion deal to advance its cloud products for healthcare. The deal is anticipated to close before the end of this year. “Nuance provides the AI layer at the healthcare point...
March 04, 2022
Microsoft has finalized its $16 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence (AI) and speech technology firm Nuance Communications, the software giant said Friday (March 4). “Completion of this significant and strategic acquisition brings together Nuance’s best-in-class conversational AI and ambient intelligence with Microsoft’s secure and trusted industry cloud offerings,” Scott Guthrie, Microsoft’s executive vice president overseeing […]
April 12, 2021
Microsoft is acquiring artificial intelligence (AI) speech recognition tech company Nuance Communications in a $19.7 billion deal to advance its cloud products for healthcare. The deal is anticipated to close...
April 11, 2021
Microsoft is in “advanced talks” to buy Nuance Communications, a leader in voice recognition technologies whose products include Dragon, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. At the share price under discussion,...
September 15, 2020
Nuance Communications, through a partnership with Microsoft, is aiming to gather medical patient data through artificial intelligence (AI) to give doctors more time to focus on patient care, according to...
