The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating whether Microsoft structured its $650 million deal with AI startup Inflection AI to avoid an antitrust review. The deal, reported by the Wall Street Journal, included hiring Mustafa Suleyman and paying $650 million to resell Inflection's technology. US regulators are scrutinizing the transaction to determine if it was designed to bypass regulatory scrutiny.
🤖🇺🇸 FTC is now scrutinizing Microsoft's $650M deal with AI startup Inflection AI, suspecting it was structured to dodge antitrust review. Big Tech under the microscope again! #AI #TechRegulation https://t.co/WAi9zucuOD
FTC Is Reportedly Probing Microsoft’s Deal With Inflection AI https://t.co/MDuGRY8FZl https://t.co/5480XJgxuy
The FTC is drilling down on Microsoft’s deal with Inflection AI, ”seeking information about how & why they negotiated their partnership.” The agency is also trying to determine whether MSFT designed the deal to bypass an FTC review, sources tell @wsj. https://t.co/VgSMJNbwEs
More legal troubles for AI companies as the FTC begins investigating deals between companies, including Microsoft’s acquisition of Inflection AI’s cofounder. 😳 https://t.co/9yK26TwNWi
Reports: Microsoft under new antitrust scrutiny over Inflection deal and AI dominance https://t.co/ztoJXhWyNz
US regulators are investigating whether a deal Microsoft struck with AI startup Inflection may have been structured to avoid regulatory scrutiny, the WSJ reported https://t.co/WJiqYqpgML
The US FTC opens an antitrust probe of Microsoft's deal with Inflection AI that included hiring Mustafa Suleyman and paying $650M to resell Inflection's tech (Wall Street Journal) https://t.co/tdXzyZfRd5 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/letRctnD29
FTC IS PROBING MICROSOFT'S DEAL WITH INFLECTION: WSJ $MSFT https://t.co/T87pONzGKE
$MSFT | FTC Opens Antitrust Probe Of Microsoft AI Deal - WSJ https://t.co/q9EMUlVF26
The FTC is investigating whether Microsoft structured one of its latest deals with an AI startup to avoid an antitrust review of the transaction https://t.co/8aWD9AGHGU