>>What’s the angle here? Probably the patent portfolio that Nuance aggressively asserts[1]. They also went on a 51-company (!!!) acquisition spree up to 2018[2

>>What’s the angle here? Probably the patent portfolio that Nuance aggressively asserts[1]. They also went on a 51-company (!!!) acquisition spree up to 2018[2] after ScanSoft acquired Nuance[3] (but kept the name) in 2005, when both of them were #1 and #2 in the speech recognition space. While Nuance may have failed to embrace DL approaches, Apple has been willing to license Nuance technology to power Siri for many years[4]. EDIT: They recently acquired another company in February 2021.[5] [1] https://www.ft.com/content/dd908d81-4859-4d19-a1e8-e5f7b4f01ad0 https://www.ft.com/content/dd908d81-4859-4d19-a1e8-e5f7b4f01... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuance_Communications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuance_Communications [3] https://www.computerworld.com/article/2556291/scansoft-to-buy-nuance-for--220m.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2556291/scansoft-to-bu... [4] https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerkay/2014/03/24/behind-apples-siri-lies-nuances-speech-recognition/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerkay/2014/03/24/behind-appl... [5] https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/nuance-acquires-saykara-to-expand-healthcare-ai-products https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/nuance-acquires-s...