{"id":191968,"date":"2021-04-13T11:38:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/?p=191968"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:38:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:38:44","slug":"microsoft-nuance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/microsoft-nuance\/","title":{"rendered":"Its Second Largest Deal \u2013 Microsoft to buy Nuance with $16 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft announced that it is in advanced talks to buy Nuance Communications, a company specialized in voice recognition, in a deal valued at $16 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American television network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjcupOujvvvAhWWh_0HHWdIDTsQFjAAegQIAhAE&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw2kTUxKBKk3wpcqsBO04mC6\">CNBC <\/a>stated that the deal may be announced as soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources also said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/microsoft-plans-to-give-journalists-the-boot-and-replace-them-with-robots\/\">Microsoft <\/a>began negotiations of the deal for the first time in December. Microsoft will pay $56 per share to bring the firm under its own roof. That price is about 23% higher than where Nuance shares were trading on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shares in Microsoft were flat following the announcement, while Nuance gained more than 16%. The boards of both companies have approved the transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microsoft&#8217;s deal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the deal is executed at a price of $16 billion, the Nuance deal will be Microsoft&#8217;s second largest acquisition. Microsoft bought LinkedIn in 2016 with $27 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deal, according to CNBC, may expand Microsoft&#8217;s capabilities in terms of voice recognition . Microsoft already has tools that developers can use to enable applications to transcribe speech into written words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft also integrates speech recognition into its own products, such as the Bing search engine and Teams app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CNBC said the plans illustrate Microsoft&#8217;s recent efforts to expand through the deals, as the latest deal comes after the US technology giant discussed buying US operations for the TikTok video sharing application last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, Microsoft completed a $7.5 billion acquisition deal of the video game maker Zenimax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nuance was established in 1992 and has 7,100 employees as of September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nuance acquisition is expected to be more closely aligned with Microsoft&#8217;s business sector serving companies and governments. Nuance generates revenue by selling voice recognition and transcription tools, such as doctor visits, customer service calls and voicemail messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company also reported net income of $7 million on revenues of about $346 million in the fourth quarter. The company\u2019s revenues declined by 4% on annual basis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft announced that it is in advanced talks to buy Nuance Communications, a company specialized in voice recognition, in a deal valued at $16 billion. American television network CNBC stated that the deal may be announced as soon. Sources also said that Microsoft began negotiations of the deal for the first time in December. 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