Technology giant Microsoft corp.
has acquired a messaging app developer founded by an Indian as the US based
software firm aims to strengthen its position in the emerging era of combining
the power of human language with advanced machine intelligence.
Microsoft acquired California based
Wand Labs, a startup which builds messaging technology for apps, founded in
2013. Wand Labs technology and talent would strengthen Microsoft position in
the emerging era of conversational intelligence where they bring together the
power of human language with advanced machine intelligence, connecting people
to knowledge, information, services and other people in more relevant and
natural ways.
The acquisition builds on and extends
the power of the Microsoft search Engine Bing, its cloud computing platform
Azure, Office 365 and Windows platform to empower developers everywhere. Wand
Labs expertise around services mapping, third party developer integration and
conversational interfaces makes it a great fit to join the Bing Engineering and
platform team.
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