Apple acquired AI startup Datakalab, specializing in algorithm compression and AI image analysis, in December 2023.

Apple has acquired Paris-based AI startup, Datakalab, specializing in algorithm compression and AI image analysis, according to French business magazine Challenges. The deal, reported to the European Commission, was finalised in December 2023. Datakalab's low-power, efficient deep learning algorithms that operate directly on devices make it a strategic fit for Apple's privacy-centric AI strategy.