By Akshay Kumar
Publication Date: 2026-10-10 06:25:00
Apple recently made another move to boost its machine learning efforts by scooping up talent from a young tech company. The tech giant quietly struck an acqui-hire deal with Huxe, an artificial intelligence startup focused on personalized audio. The startup was notably built by a team of former developers who previously worked on Google‘s NotebookLM project. This marks the fourth AI-related deal Apple has disclosed this year alone.
Apple secures hiring rights and licenses intellectual property from Huxe
According to a recent filing in the European Union’s Digital Markets Act transparency database, the agreement was finalized back in June 2026. The filing reveals that the iPhone maker did not buy the startup outright. Instead, the deal allows the company to make job offers to specific Huxe employees and secures a non-exclusive license to use the startup’s technology.
The startup was founded by Raiza Martin, Jason Spielman, and Stephen Hughes. Before…
