Last month, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Nuance Communications, a leading speech-recognition company, in an all-cash transaction valued at $19.7 billion—second only to its $26.2 billion deal for LinkedIn in 2016.
Over the past few years, Microsoft, under CEO Satya Nadella, has been eyeing significantly larger mergers and acquisitions to expand into high-growth markets. Last year, the company also tried to buy a stake in video-sharing service TikTok’s US operations in a deal reportedly valued between $10 billion and $30 billion. Recently, the company was reported to have held talks to acquire messaging platform Discord for at least $10 billion, …
Abhishek writes on technology trends, gadgets and SMBs, and has over a decade of experience—both as an industry watcher as well as a participant. He quit Microsoft in 2011 to become an independent digital consultant, and to write more, travel randomly, watch a lot of movies and wake up late on weekdays.
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