Apple acqui-hires Huxe team and licenses its technology
What happened
On 11 October 2026, TechCrunch reported that Apple disclosed to the European Commission that it has agreed to offer employment to some staff of personalised podcast startup Huxe AI and has obtained a non-exclusive licence to Huxe's intellectual property, in an acqui-hire. Huxe was founded by developers who worked on the AI podcast feature of NotebookLM (now renamed Gemini Notebook), and had announced on 21 May that it was shutting down its app and deleting user data. The report did not disclose which staff were hired or Apple's subsequent plans.
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- TechCrunch · AIApple discloses deal to hire team and license tech from personalized podcast startup Huxe
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