Microsoft Corporation acquired Lobe, a transaction announced in September 2018.
Lobe operates in Microsoft AI, is based in San Francisco, California, United States. Lobe is a San Francisco startup offering a simple visual, no-code interface for building deep-learning models, letting people create AI-powered apps that can recognize gestures, sounds and handwriting without writing code. Microsoft acquired it to make AI development accessible to non-experts.
Lower the barrier to AI development by giving non-engineers a visual way to build deep-learning models.
We're thrilled to have Lobe join Microsoft and are excited about our future together to simplify AI development for everyone.Kevin Scott, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.