Microsoft Cleared of Antitrust Concerns in Inflection AI Partnership by UK Regulator

Microsoft Avoids UK Antitrust Investigation Into Acquisition Of 'Certain Assets' From Inflection AI - Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Satya Nadella-led Microsoft Corp. MSFT has managed to avoid a comprehensive U.K. probe into its recruitment of staff from startup Inflection AI. What Happened: On Wednesday, the Competition and Markets Authority or CMA said that while Microsoft's acquisition of "certain assets" from Inflection

Microsoft dodges in-depth UK probe into hiring of staff from AI firm Inflection

LONDON -- Microsoft's hiring of employees from Inflection AI, the artificial intelligence startup started by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, has been cleared by the U.K.'s competition regulator and will not face an in-depth competition investigation in the country. The Competition and

Microsoft Spared U.K. Antitrust Investigation Over Ties to Inflection AI -- Update

U.K. antitrust officials said Microsoft's hiring of former employees from Inflection AI and its partnership with the startup didn't pose a threat to competition, a victory for the tech giant that has been facing significant regulatory scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic in recent months. The

Microsoft-Inflection AI partnership does not qualify for investigation: UK regulator

Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) hiring of Inflection AI employees does not qualify for an investigation, the U.K.'s antitrust agency said on Wednesday. "The Competition and Markets Authority has found that the transaction described below involving the acquisition by Microsoft Corporation ... of certain

UK Antitrust Regulators Clear Microsoft's Partnership With Inflection AI

Microsoft's partnership with Inflection AI is also reportedly under investigation by U.S. regulators. The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Wednesday it determined Microsoft's (MSFT) hiring of former Inflection AI employees and related agreements with the AI startup do not pose a

UK clears Microsoft's partnership with Inflection AI

(Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator, on Wednesday, cleared Microsoft's hiring of some former staff of Inflection AI and its partnership with the startup and said the deal did not required a deeper investigation. The Competition and Markets Authority began a probe in July to examine if the

CMA clears Microsoft's hiring of Inflection leadership

Deal can't lessen competition if AI minnow wasn't much of a competitor Microsoft's "acquihire" of Inflection AI was today cleared by UK authorities on the grounds that the startup isn't big enough for its absorption by Microsoft to affect competition in the enterprise AI space. The Competition

UK regulator greenlights Microsoft's Inflection acquihire, but also designates it a merger

Good news for Microsoft: The U.K.'s antitrust regulator says that the tech titan's high-profile acquihire of the team behind AI startup Inflection doesn't cause competition concerns, and thus it won't be pursuing a full-scale investigation. However, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says

British competition watchdog clears Microsoft in AI hirings

Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The British competition watchdog on Wednesday cleared Microsoft's hiring of several key members of Inflection AI, including its co-founder, saying it does not rise to a "relevant merger situation," under law. The Competition and Markets Authority had investigated Microsoft for

Microsoft Cleared by UK Watchdog Over Ex-Inflection Staff Hires

Microsoft Corp.'s investment into Inflection AI avoided in-depth scrutiny from the UK antitrust watchdog after it ruled that the hiring of ex-employees from the startup didn't cause any regulatory concerns. The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday that while the tie-up was classed as a

Microsoft's hiring of Inflection staff: Company gets 'second good news' in 3 months - Times of India

Microsoft's decision to hire staff from the Inflection AI startup to join its new AI unit raised concerns in the UK, prompting an investigation into potential competition reduction. However, after a month-long initial inquiry, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given Microsoft the

UK clears Microsoft's partnership with Inflection AI

The CMA said that even before being bought, Inflection had a small portion of UK visits for chatbots and AI tools and, unlike its rivals, couldn't significantly grow or maintain its chatbot users. In March, Microsoft hired Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind, as head of its

Microsoft-Inflection Deal Cleared by UK Antitrust Regulator

A UK regulator has cleared Microsoft's deal with the AI startup Inflection to hire most of its staff and pay for its intellectual property, closing its investigation into the deal. The UK Competition and Markets Authority said on Wednesday that it had determined that Microsoft's unusual arrangement