Microsoft acquires deep learning startup Maluuba – The Official Microsoft Blog (Jan 13, 2017)
Maluuba looks like an interesting company – unlike so many other AI acquisitions from the last few years, this one doesn’t appear to have a product: it’s mostly a research company that’s done a variety of partnerships to apply its expertise to various thorny problems. As such, it’s a great fit for Microsoft, which is itself looking to apply AI and machine learning across its suite of products, and of course its Cortana assistant. Apple has made lots of AI acquisitions in recent years, but it’s been hard to fathom where exactly in the products and services launched since those acquisitions have paid off – perhaps most of them have yet to make it into consumer products. But you would hope the fruits of this acquisition would be more obvious at Microsoft in the coming years.
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