07:58 AM EDT, 09/04/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Microsoft ( MSFT ) received clearance from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority to hire certain former employees of Inflection AI, according to a statement by the regulator Wednesday.

The decision comes after the CMA launched an inquiry in July to assess if Microsoft's ( MSFT ) hiring of Inflection employees and entry into associated arrangements with the company resulted in a substantial lessening of competition within any market for goods or services in the UK.

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