Brazil looks closer at Google, Microsoft AI deals, closes other Big Tech probes
By Flavia Fortes and Maria Júlia Baumert ( May 13, 2026, 21:57 GMT | Insight) -- Brazil’s competition authority is requiring Google and Microsoft to notify the agency of certain AI startup deals that fall below mandatory merger filing thresholds, while dropping probes into some other Big Tech transactions. CADE closed investigations into Nvidia’s partnership with Run:ai, Google’s deal with Character AI and Microsoft’s partnership with Mistral, but ordered notification of Google’s deals with Windsurf AI and Hume AI as well as Microsoft’s partnership with Inflection. Brazil’s competition authority is requiring Google and Microsoft to notify the agency of certain AI startup deals that fall below mandatory merger filing thresholds, even as it drops probes into some other Big Tech transactions....
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