Apple gets startups regularly and every few weeks, according to Tim Cook himself. Although not all know each other publicly, the company often discloses how much it has bought in a particular year. In the last 10 years, Apple has acquired 21 startups related to artificial intelligence. It is not surprising considering the great significance of this admonition today.
All artificial intelligence companies discovered by Apple 10 years ago
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First name |
Date |
The field |
Description |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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1. |
Confidentiality |
April 2010 |
Virtual Assistant |
The app was introduced on iOS which became the basis of Apple's help |
|
2. |
Polar gets up |
September 2010 |
Facial recognition |
Of Swedish origin, it is believed that its technology was integrated into Pictures to get to know people |
|
3. |
Cue |
October 2013 |
Virtual Assistant |
Virtual Assistant is available to increase Siri functions in the events and alerts section |
|
4. |
PrimeSense |
November 2013 |
Facial recognition |
One of the first things that has been addressed in which years has been a facial expression |
|
5. |
Novauris Technologies |
April 2014 |
Virtual Assistant |
A company with voice recognition technology, to strengthen Siri |
|
6. |
Metaio |
May 2015 |
Reality is augmentation |
A German company for building a practical tool for other companies |
|
7. |
VocalIQ |
September 2015 |
Virtual Assistant |
A voice communication platform that other companies can integrate into their operating systems |
|
8. |
Perceptio |
September 2015 |
Machine Learning |
Its great technology allowed for deep image analysis without any regard to the cloud |
|
9. |
Faceshift |
November November |
Facial recognition |
A tool that sends real-time facial movements, used in Animoji and facial ID |
|
10. |
Emotion |
January 2016 |
Facial recognition |
It's similar to Faceshift and is used in Face ID and Animoji |
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11. |
Flyby Media |
January 2016 |
Reality is augmentation |
In the past, he worked with Google in his real happy efforts. Can detect the device's surroundings |
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12. |
Turi |
August August 2016 |
Machine Learning |
Its tools allow developers to integrate risky machine learning features, ready for Xcode |
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13.. |
Tuplejump |
September 2016 |
Machine Learning |
It allows for the management of large quantities using machine learning and analysis |
|
14. |
RealFace |
February 2017 |
Facial recognition |
According to Israeli origin, its technology allows for the study of facial expressions |
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15. |
Lattice data |
May 2017 |
Artificial intelligence |
It specializes in the treatment of "dark data" to make it organized and useful |
|
16.. |
Let me |
September 2017 |
Computer vision |
It allows analyzing the content of images from a technical and aesthetic point of view without requiring a cloud |
|
17. |
init.ai |
October 2017 |
Virtual Assistant |
A smart assistant that facilitates automated customer interaction with instant messaging |
|
18.. |
Silk Labs |
November November |
Machine Learning |
Machine Learning-based startups are used for on-device video surveillance in homes and buildings |
|
19. |
Similar to Laser |
March 2019 |
Machine Learning |
A platform for personalization, discovery and search of web content |
|
20. |
Call.ai |
June 2019 |
Private driving |
Focused on autonomous driving, it was launched in 2015 by Stanford University researchers |
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21. |
Xnor.ai |
January 2020 |
Artificial intelligence |
Their technology has been used by a video monitoring company, though it is believed to be used in Siri |
From Siri to Face ID, with ARKit and Pro Titan
It should be noted that this is a list of companies acquired by Apple related to artificial intelligence or any other type of behavior that its acquisition has received. It is very possible that some of the findings may be noted by the media. Its merger with Apple's product or service will not be fully known, unless the company discloses that.
That said, it's interesting to see what different Apple acquisitions have done as well how they can affect development its expertise The case of Siri is very clear, where we can extend or emphasize certain functions of the virtual assistant.
But some of the draft deductions were made prior to Apple's inception. It is the condition of many related to face ID, the launch had the iPhone X in 2017 but its acquisition was made in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017. PrimeSense, Faceshift, Emotient and RealFace were purchased in those years, respectively.
ARKit is another Apple technology that has gained in significant ways. Metaio in 2015 and Flyby Media in 2016 were available presentation of what will come with ARKit in June 2017, a few months before the launch of the iPhone X.
From where we have not yet received the news comes from Drive.ai. Driving technology is clearly related to Project Titan, Apple's autonomous car. However, we do not know when it will eventually become a service or when it will go. When looking at the receivables, there is a clear pattern for many previous purchases before they are introduced. With Drive.ai we only have one, which means that several years ahead until you see something concrete about your technology.
