Apple Don Run Smart Deal Pack Huxe Team And Their AI Podcast Tech! 🍎🎙️
Apple don officially tell the European Commission say dem don reach agreement to give employment to "certain employees of Huxe AI" and collect non-exclusive license to use their intellectual property.
Dem call this kind move "reverse acqui-hire". Wetin e mean be say, instead of Apple to buy the whole startup completely and invite government query (antitrust scrutiny), dem just hire the main brains and license the tech. Smart play!
Wetin happen to Huxe?
For those wey no know, Huxe na one personalized audio startup wey some developers wey formerly build the AI-generated podcast feature for NotebookLM (wey dem don rename to Gemini Notebook) start. But on May 21, Huxe come outside announce say dem dey shut down, remove app from store, and wipe user data. Dem tell their users say, “The team is moving on to new things.” We no know say na Apple be the "new things" as Apple notify the Commission of this deal by June 9.
The Spotify Beef
Why Apple dey rush this AI audio matter? Make we no forget say just a day before Huxe announce their shutdown, Spotify launch their own AI-powered podcast features. So e clear say Apple no wan carry last; dem fit dey plan to use Huxe tech arrange their own Apple Podcasts app make the competition balance.
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