Apple acquisitions hint at Apple Intelligence coming to Calendar, and the factory floor

Apple has been quietly buying AI firms whose work suggests the company is looking to bring Apple Intelligence to chatbots, individual users' calendars, and perhaps to its own manufacturing.Screenshot from Mayday, the scheduling calendar app that Apple bought while it was still in beta — image credit: Mayday LabsNews of Apple acquiring a company usually only breaks if Apple decides to announce it — as it did withPrimephonic, the basis for Apple Music Classical — or if the size of the deal requires regulatory oversight. Much more often, it acquires very many firms and absorbs their products and staff.Now, as spotted by French site MacGeneration, Apple has had to declare several recent acquisitions to European regulators under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and four are specifically companies working in AI. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

May 9, 2025 - 16:56

Apple acquisitions hint at Apple Intelligence coming to Calendar, and the factory floor

Apple has been quietly buying AI firms whose work suggests the company is looking to bring Apple Intelligence to chatbots, individual users' calendars, and perhaps to its own manufacturing.

Digital calendar displayed on a computer, tablet, and smartphone, showing scheduled events with various colors on a light green and purple background.

Screenshot from Mayday, the scheduling calendar app that Apple bought while it was still in beta — image credit: Mayday Labs

News of Apple acquiring a company usually only breaks if Apple decides to announce it — as it did withPrimephonic, the basis for Apple Music Classical — or if the size of the deal requires regulatory oversight. Much more often, it acquires very many firms and absorbs their products and staff.

Now, as spotted by French site MacGeneration, Apple has had to declare several recent acquisitions to European regulators under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and four are specifically companies working in AI.

Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums