Apple Discloses Reverse Acqui-Hire Deal With Podcast Startup Huxe

What happened

Apple told the European Commission it agreed to make employment offers to "certain employees of Huxe AI" and to "receive a non-exclusive license to Huxe's intellectual property rights," MacRumors first reported. Huxe, founded by developers who had worked on AI-generated podcast features in NotebookLM, announced on May 21 that it was shutting down. Apple notified the Commission on June 9; the filing does not say who received offers or Apple's plans.

The story so far

Apple told the European Commission it agreed to make employment offers to "certain employees of Huxe AI" and to "receive a non-exclusive license to Huxe's intellectual property rights," MacRumors first reported. Apple notified the Commission on June 9, shortly after Huxe announced on May 21 that it was shutting down. Huxe was founded by developers who had worked on AI-generated podcast features in NotebookLM. The filing does not say which employees received offers or whether they accepted, and it does not disclose Apple's plans for the technology or team.

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