Brazil: Administrative Council for Economic Defense opened investigation into Microsoft/Inflection transaction over potential unnotified concentration in AI markets

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Administrative Council for Economic Defense opened investigation into Microsoft/Inflection transaction over potential unnotified concentration in AI markets

On 19 August 2024, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) opened an investigation into agreements between Microsoft and Inflection AI. The investigation was initiated following information published by the United Kingdom's Competitio…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development, software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2024-08-19
under deliberation

On 19 August 2024, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) opened an investigation i…

2026-05-13
under investigation

On 13 May 2026, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) ordered Microsoft and Inflec…