Eminyakeni edlule, i-Apple ibithenga inqwaba yezinkampani, ezinye zazo, ezingenakho ukulingana okwanele, ezinganakwa ngabezindaba. Kodwa-ke, abanye benza, njengeBeats Music neTexture, ukuthenga okubili osekuyizinsizakalo ze-Apple Music ne-Apple News +.
Kwezinye izikhathi, ithenga izinkampani, hhayi nje kuphela ukuthola impahla yengqondo, kodwa futhi nokuthola izinsizakalo zonjiniyela abazenzayo, uhlobo lokuthenga olubizwa nge- «acqui-hire». Inkampani elandelayo engatholwa yi-Apple yiDirve.ai, inkampani esungule uhlelo lokushayela oluzimele.
Ngokusho kweThe Information, icaphuna imithombo ehlobene nezingxoxo, I-Apple ikhombe le nkampani, izingxoxo, njengokujwayelekile yi-Apple, eziphikile. IDrive.ai yasungulwa e2015 ngabafundi abavela eStanford University Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Njengamanje zizinze eMountain View. Ngonyaka odlule yethula uhlelo lokuhlola umshayeli eTexas ukuluhlola imoto yokuhamba ezizimele. Njengoba singafunda kuwebhusayithi yayo: "IDrive.ai isebenzisa ubuhlakani bokufakelwa ukudala izixazululo zezokuthutha ezithuthukisa isimo samanje sokuhamba."
IDrive.ai iqongele amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama- $ 77 ngonyaka owedlule, abatshalizimali bayo abakhulu kube yiNew Enterprise Associates neNvidia, kepha ngokusobala imizuliswano yezezimali ibinganele ukondla ukuzimela kwenkampani.
Uma ekugcineni kufinyelelwa esivumelwaneni, into engenzeka kakhulu ukuthi kuzoba njalo, i-Apple izothatha bonke abasebenzi bezobunjiniyela, ngokwe-The Information, ababecishe babe yi-100, kufaka phakathi ochwepheshe kumanethiwekhi we-neural.
Kusukela ukuphela kuka-2016, I-Apple iphinde yaguqula iProjekthi Titan ekwakhiweni kohlelo lokushayela oluzimele, esikhundleni sokutshala izinsiza ekuklameni nasekwakhiweni kwemoto yakho kusuka ekuqaleni. Njengamanje inezimoto ezingama-69 ezizimele, ezinomshayeli, emgwaqeni eCalifornia.