Nuance acquires Seattle voice-assistant startup Saykara to bolster AI healthcare products; terms undisclosed

Nuance Communications has acquired Seattle startup Saykara, whose voice assistant Kara automatically documents doctor-patient conversations, to strengthen Nuance’s AI healthcare products; Saykara’s team including CEO Harjinder Sandhu will join Nuance R&D. Terms were not disclosed; Saykara had raised $10 million, employs about 30 people, and Sandhu previously sold a startup to Nuance and worked there.