The US' top competition watchdog is investigating whether Microsoft's deal to hire a majority of Inflection AI's workers and pay the company $650 million to license its tech was struck as a way to ...

The Federal Trade Commission is probing Microsoft’s recent deal with artificial intelligence startup Inflection AI to examine if the tech giant deliberately structured it in a manner that would ...

As part of that deal, Microsoft was said to have paid Inflection $650 million. In its announcement at the time, Microsoft described the move as merely a hiring decision , not as an acquisition.

Microsoft only bought Inflection’s IP and hired away its key staff, but that’s still enough to constitute a merger, a UK regulator ruled. The UK’s antitrust regulator has concluded its ...

The announcement was made at Microsoft’s Build developer conference on Monday, and was notable given Microsoft’s partnership ...

The UK's competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Microsoft's hiring of senior figures from start-up Inflection AI, having previously raised concerns about close partnerships ...

The senators noted that the FTC is already looking into the Microsoft-Inflection deal and described it as “alarmingly similar to the one between Amazon and Adept, and it effectively eliminated a ...

The FTC is seeking information about Microsoft’s hiring of AI pioneer Mustafa Suleyman and colleagues from Inflection AI earlier this year, the Journal reported, citing sources and records.

UK regulators are now formally investigating Microsoft’s hiring of Inflection AI staff, months after most of Inflection’s staff joined Microsoft’s new AI division. The UK’s Competition and ...

The FTC is investigating Microsoft's deal with Inflection AI, the Wall Street Journal reported. The probe examines if the deal was designed to dodge regulatory scrutiny and gain control.