Unyaka wonke, i-Apple ithola izinkampani ezahlukahlukene, ezinye zazo zizoba yingxenye yezikhundla ze-Apple, kanti ezinye zizomunca i-Apple ngqo futhi ubuchwepheshe babo abusoze bakubona ukukhanya. Abafana baseCupertino abaqinisekisi futhi abaphiki ukutholwa kwabo, noma izinhlelo zabo zesikhathi esizayo, kepha njalo ngezikhathi ezithile izindaba ezihlobene nabo ziyavuza. Ngokusho kombiko weTechCrunch, U-Apple uthenge inkampani iLattice Data, inkampani egxile kwezobunhloli bokufakelwa. Ngokwalolu shicilelo, isivumelwano sokuthengisa senziwa emasontweni ambalwa edlule, isivumelwano esizosho ukufika kwa-Apple konjiniyela abasha abangama-20 abavela kule nkampani.
Olunye ucezu lolwazi olungakaze lwenziwe ludalulwe yinani lentengo, okuthi ngokomthombo ofanayo, ibekwe ku- $ 200 million. Njengenjwayelo, impendulo u-Apple ayinikeze imibuzo kaTechCrunch yokuqinisekisa lezi zindaba ibifana njalonjalo. "I-Apple ithenga izinkampani ezincane zobuchwepheshe ngezikhathi ezithile futhi asikaze sinikeze imininingwane ngezinhlelo nezinhloso zethu zesikhathi esizayo."
Ubuhlakani bokufakelwa bukaLattice buyayinakekela ukuhlela nokwakha inani elikhulu lemininingwane, njengombhalo nezithombe, ukwenza kube lula kakhulu ukuhlaziya nokucubungula ulwazi. Phakathi kuka-70 no-80% wemininingwane kuyabizwa kumnyama noma okungakhiwe, idatha engakulungele ukucubungulwa nokuhlaziywa. Ubuchwepheshe beLattice busiza ezinye izinhlelo ukufinyelela idatha eningi ngendlela ecacile nelula ngaphandle kwalokho, ngaphandle kwesakhiwo sangaphambili, bekungeke kwenzeke ukuthola noma yiluphi uhlobo lolwazi.
ILattice Data yasungulwa ngo-2015 uChristopher Ré, UMichael Cafarella, URaphael Hoffmann noFeng Niu basekele ucwaningo lwabo ezifundweni ezahlukahlukene zaseStanford University. Kuze kube manje, inkampani ibisikhiqize cishe ama- $ 20 million ngezimali zocwaningo ezifana neMadrona, InQtel neGV. Konke kukhombisa ukuthi le nhlangano ikhomba USiri uyeke ukuba umsizi ukuze ahleke naye, ikakhulukazi lapho esibonisa impendulo yakhe ejwayelekile: Yilokhu engikuthole ku-intanethi.