Swiftkey developers set for windfall after £174m Microsoft deal

Two Cambridge graduates who quit their day jobs to develop a predictive keyboard powered by artificial intelligence are set to become multimillionaires after their firm was reportedly bought by tech giant Microsoft.

Swiftkey developers set for windfall after £174m Microsoft deal

Two Cambridge graduates who quit their day jobs to develop a predictive keyboard powered by artificial intelligence are set to become multimillionaires after their firm was reportedly bought by tech giant Microsoft.

SwiftKey was set up in 2008 by Jon Reynolds and Dr Ben Medlock and their app is now used on 300 million devices every day.

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