AI-driven Apple has also decided to spend a little money on French company data to improve its AI handling on the latest iPhone. Apple has also expanded its purchase with this strategy. What a private deal in December 2023! Where French publication challenges recently reported Apple purchasing Paris-based Datakaleb. This buyout follows the purchase of the Canadian AI company, Darwin AI, which Apple did at the beginning of the year 2024, thus, allowing Apple to further strengthen its AI capabilities by obtaining new and advanced AI technologies.
Focus on AI compression
Just like Datakaleb’s sole purpose of optimizing the compilation of deep neural networks, Datakaleb has also devoted its full time to algorithm compression. Using a sized-down process algorithm reduces the energy consumption and this energy consumption has been minimized to fit in a compact large language module (LLM) that will only run on device operations.
A close acquaintance inside the deal who was experienced in cost-saving technology mentioned particularly the handiness of algorithm shrinking. The information reported that the industry’s hardware inputs will have a significant reduction in both cost and the corresponding resources. Through the optimization process, Nvidia firms could switch to ST Microelectronics chips which are cheaper versions of semi-processors The shift would slash the total expenses
Datakaleb’s expertise and background
Slotting into Parc Monceau Park and being merely within a few miles of the Opera store in Paris is Datakaleb at an efficient team of about a dozen elites including both the Sorbonne University and Centrate, as well as the Polytechnique alumni. The company’s technological specialty, focused on facial recognition, stands out, as demonstrated in the case of the city of Cannes where it was applied in 2021 for mask compliance monitoring at crowded venues.
On account of missing the requirement of complete face recognition regulations in France, Datakaleb as per reports concentrated on AI algorithm compactness and this was a move in sync with changing regulatory scenarios.
Despite this, the $ 1 million in Datakaleb’s annual revenue, the company acquisition would probably be in units of millions of Euros amount that Apple is well known for allocating to strategic investments. The report also reveals the absence of one founder of Datakaleb in 2020 with the rest of the founding staff to be consumed in the company soon,
Apple’s acquisition strategy
Apple’s way of deal disclosure of only undercover legal parties’ claims corresponds to its long-standing business strategies. Google was inaugurated in Paris over twenty years ago, illustrating its continuous strategic choice to employ diverse talents from all over the world and technological advancement anywhere.
Datakaleb’s acquisition by Apple indicates that the latter is still on AI-related activities thus focusing on reducing a human’s presence by compressing AI algorithms for on-device use. With the emphasis on cost-saving optimization as well as regulatory compliance, this strategy move places Apple at the front of AI innovation, the domain strengthening thereby Apple’s competitive edge in the tech industry
Apple has acquired Datakaleb to become a major milestone in its history of AI technology publishing the boundaries of AI throughout the iOS system and reinforcing the brand’s commitment to embracing innovation and technology
This article originally appeared in AppleInsider
