The U.K.'s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority or CMA, has cleared Microsoft's (MSFT) deal with the

Microsoft’s hiring of the Inflection AI teams is regarded as a merger under UK law, but this deal has not curbed competition in the artificial intelligence market.

Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) hiring of Inflection AI employees does not qualify for an investigation, the U.K.'s antitrust agency said on Wednesday. "The Competition and Markets Authority has found that the transaction described below involving the acquisition by Microsoft Corporation

British regulators have approved Microsoft's hiring of key personnel from Inflection AI, including co-founder Mustafa Suleyman. The investigation concluded that the hires do not pose a significant threat to competitive dynamics in the UK’s AI market.