Inkampani esekwe eCupertino ayikaze ibike ngokusemthethweni ngokuthengwa kwenkampani unyaka wonke, ngaphandle kokuthi omunye wabo, njengoShazam, abe nomthelela omkhulu. Ngokusho kwephephandaba iThe Information, icaphuna imithombo ehlobene nokuthengwa, I-Apple ithenge i-Artificial Intelligence startup Silk Labs ekuqaleni konyaka.
Njengenjwayelo, imininingwane yokuthengwa ayidalulwanga, kepha konke kubonakala kukukhombisa lokho kungukutshalwa kwemali ngokuzayo kwe-Apple. Ama-Silk Labs ayenezisebenzi eziyishumi nambili ezazisebenza ngesikhathi itholwa. Ngokusho kwenkampani iPitchBook, kuze kube manje ibisiqoqe u-R4 million woxhaso.
I-Slik Labs ezinze eSan Mateo, California, yasungulwa ngonjiniyela abathathu abake basebenza eMozilla Foundation besungula iFirefox OS, isistimu yokusebenza ebifuna ukuba ngenye i-iOS ne-Android. Lokhu kuqalwa kwaqala ukusebenza ngo-2016 kugxile ekwakheni isistimu yokusebenza egxile ku-Artificial Intelligence futhi yakhelwe ukuba yipulatifomu yamadivayisi ahlakaniphile axhunyiwe. Ngokusho komunye wabasunguli bayo, "amadivayisi we-IoT awahlakaniphile kakhulu, ane-software eyisisekelo futhi elula futhi izoshintsha."
Iwebhusayithi yeSilk Labs inikeza isingeniso esifushane sokuthi iyini inkampani nokuthi yenzani, kanye nezinhloso zayo ngekusasa. Usilika waziwa nangephrojekthi ayethule kuKickstarter ebizwa ngeSense, a ikhamera yokuphepha ekwazi ukubona abasebenzisi futhi ulungise amadivayisi axhunyiwe ngokuya ngokuncamelayo. Yize le phrojekthi ibe yimpumelelo, uSilika ukhansele ukukhiqizwa ngoJuni 2016.
Asazi ukuthi zithini izinhlelo ze-Apple ngalokhu kuthenga okusha, kepha uma sibheka indlela izinkampani eziningi zobuchwepheshe eziyilandelayo, akumangazi ukuthi lobu buchwepheshe isetshenziswa ngokushesha noma kamuva ezinhlelweni zokusebenza zenkampani.
