EU Reveals Apple Made a Tiny Acquisition Last Year

In October 2025, Apple notified the European Commission that it would beryllium acquiring invrs.io LLC's sole employee, and definite assets from the company. Following a four-month waiting period, the European Commission published this accusation this week.


That sole worker appears to beryllium Martin Schubert, according to his LinkedIn profile. Schubert founded invrs.io successful 2023 to beforehand AI-guided design, initially focusing connected optical and photonics technologies for AR/VR, information centers, and more.

"Invrs develops open-source frameworks for photonics research, providing standardized simulation challenges and a nationalist leaderboard for benchmarking and comparing plan results," reads a announcement on the European Commission's website.

Schubert's systems could beryllium utile for aboriginal Apple Vision Pro development, but it is unclear precisely what helium was hired to enactment connected astatine this point. He antecedently worked astatine Alphabet's X, connected AI-powered photonic design, and astatine Meta.

More details astir invrs.io are available connected GitHub.

Last month, Apple announced that it acquired Q.ai, an Israeli startup moving connected AI exertion for audio. That was reportedly Apple's second-biggest acquisition ever, with the woody valued astatine astir $2 billion. Apple's largest acquisition was the headphone marque Beats, which it bought for $3 cardinal successful 2014. Apple Music launched a twelvemonth later, and it was built connected the instauration of the erstwhile Beats Music streaming service.
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