Apple Just Made Its Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever After Beats

Apple contiguous confirmed to Reuters that it has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli startup that is moving connected artificial quality exertion for audio.


Apple paid adjacent to $2 cardinal for Q.ai, according to sources cited by the Financial Times. That would marque this Apple's second-biggest acquisition ever, aft it paid $3 cardinal for the fashionable headphone and audio marque Beats successful 2014.

Q.ai has developed exertion that tin "analyze facial expressions" to recognize "silent speech," according to the Financial Times.

"Patents filed by Q.Ai amusement its exertion being utilized successful headphones oregon glasses, utilizing 'facial tegument micro movements' to pass without talking," the study said, adding that this could pave the mode for "non-verbal discussions" with Siri.

Q.ai CEO Aviad Maizels antecedently founded different Israeli startup, PrimeSense, which was also acquired by Apple successful 2013. Apple utilized PrimeSense's exertion to make Face ID, which debuted connected the iPhone X successful 2017.

Q.ai's founding squad volition articulation Apple, including Maizels, Yonatan Wexler, and Avi Barliya.

Apple's chipmaking main Johny Srouji described Q.ai arsenic "a singular institution that is pioneering caller and originative ways to usage imaging and instrumentality learning," successful a connection shared with Reuters. "We're thrilled to get the company, with Aviad astatine the helm, and are adjacent much excited for what's to come."

This acquisition comes arsenic Apple's erstwhile plan main Jony Ive has been working with OpenAI connected a caller AI device, and arsenic different companies similar Meta person released AI-powered devices specified arsenic the Meta Ray-Ban glasses with an in-lens display.
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