Microsoft has completed its $19.7 billion of Nuance, a company that specializes in artificial intelligence that also has a strong foothold in the medical industry.

Microsoft initially announced its agreement to purchase Nuance for $19.7 billion back in April 2021. The deal has since gone through the required regulatory approvals, reports Windows Central.

“Completion of this significant and strategic acquisition brings together Nuance’s best-in-class conversational AI and ambient intelligence with Microsoft’s secure and trusted industry cloud offerings,” Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie said in a statement.

“This powerful combination will help providers offer more affordable, effective, and accessible healthcare, and help organizations in every industry create more personalized and meaningful customer experiences,” Guthrie added.

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People may be more familiar with Nuance for its work to help create Apple’s Siri, but the company’s voice technology is used in a variety of ways, including within the medical industry, the report said.

The report mentioned that Microsoft’s $19.7 billion purchase of Nuance is one of its largest to date.

In total value, the Nuance acquisition only trails behind Microsoft’s $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn and the company’s massive acquisition of Activision Blizzard for almost $70 billion.