Nuance Acquired by Microsoft: Breaking Down the $20B Deal - Voicebot Podcast Ep 205

Microsoft announced a $20 billion acquisition of Nuance this past
week and Voicebot invited four experts in the field to help break
down why the deal makes sense and what it means for the
industry. 


Kavita Reddi is co-founder of Voxta, a provider of automated
speech recognition technology for call centers and embedded
products. 


Tom Hebner is vice president of Nueraflash and previously spent a
dozen years as head of innovation for voice and AI technology at
Nuance. 


Nate Treloar is co-founder and president of Orbita a leading
provider of conversational AI technologies to healthcare
providers. 


Paul Sweeney is co-founder and EVP of product at Webio a
conversational AI middleware provider for contacts centers in
financial services and collections.