If we thought of names like HomeKit, HealthKit, Siri or Shortcuts, there would be a common category: artificial intelligence and machine learning. It is the trend that many companies are following in recent years. In addition, advances in privacy and security make investment in this type of technology key, but also the trust they offer to users. For Apple this is essential. A few days ago it was confirmed the purchase of the Xnor.ai company, specialized in privacy and artificial intelligence, for about $ 200 million.
Xnor.ai, yet another company that joins Apple's purchases
Apple never gives explanations about the objective for which they decide to buy a company, startup or another. However, analysts are in charge of analyzing the objectives of each of their technologies to see where the shots could go. In this case, those from Cupertino have acquired Xnor.ai, a company geared towards artificial intelligence. But not only that. The goal of Xnoir.ai is to run machine learning algorithms on devices with one peculiarity: not depending on large processors or a connection to the cloud to computerize them.
In other words, centralize logarments and machine learning in a single device that is capable of making decisions, or running programs without uploading it to the cloud. This could be critical to improve the privacy protocols that Apple has in its connected services with artificial intelligence algorithms. In an interview with Axios, Apple confirmed the acquisition:
Apple compra de vez en cuando compañías de tecnología más pequeñas y generalmente no comentamos nuestro propósito o planes.
The purchase of this startup may never be reflected to the public. However, the company's patents, ideas, engineers and workers are now Apple workers and, they say, there are movements taking place at the Seattle headquarters, which means that Apple has arrived in the city where Xnor is based. ai.