Microsoft is separately also in talks over a potential investment in Ola, a source told Reuters, declining to be named as the discussions are private. "Both companies will collaborate to take this platform to car manufacturers globally to integrate with vehicle systems," Ola said, making the announcement during a visit to India by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. As part of its partnership with Microsoft, Ola plans to weave the US company's digital assistant Cortana into its Play service for voice recognition capabilities, the source said. Indian newspaper Mint reported in July that Microsoft was looking to invest up to US$100mil (RM423mil) in Ola parent ANI Technologies. A spokesman for Ola said there were no fundraising talks in progress with Microsoft at this time.

Source: The Star November 08, 2017 06:56 UTC