{"id":100797,"date":"2020-01-16T08:04:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T04:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phonezone.ru\/news\/apple-buys-edge-based-ai-startup-xnor-ai-for-a-reported-200m\/"},"modified":"2020-01-16T08:04:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T04:04:38","slug":"apple-buys-edge-based-ai-startup-xnor-ai-for-a-reported-200m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phonezone.ru\/news\/apple-buys-edge-based-ai-startup-xnor-ai-for-a-reported-200m\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple buys edge-based AI startup Xnor.ai for a reported $200M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Xnor.ai,  spun off in 2017 from the nonprofit Allen Institute for AI (AI2), has been acquired by Apple for about $200 million. A source close to the company corroborated a report this morning from GeekWire to that effect.<br \/>\nApple  confirmed the reports with its standard statement for this sort of quiet acquisition: &ldquo;Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.&rdquo; (I&rsquo;ve asked for clarification just in case.)<br \/>\nXnor.ai began as a process for making machine learning algorithms highly efficient &mdash; so efficient that they could run on even the lowest tier of hardware out there, things like embedded electronics in security cameras that use only a modicum of power. Yet using Xnor&rsquo;s algorithms they could accomplish tasks like object recognition, which in other circumstances might require a powerful processor or connection to the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>Xnor&rsquo;s saltine-sized, solar-powered AI hardware redefines the edge<\/p>\n<p>CEO Ali Farhadi and his founding team put the company together at AI2 and spun it out just before the organization formally launched its incubator program. It raised $2.7M in early 2017 and $12M in 2018, both rounds led by Seattle&rsquo;s Madrona Venture Group, and has steadily grown its local operations and areas of business.<br \/>\nThe $200M acquisition price is only approximate, the source indicated, but even if the final number were less by half that would be a big return for Madrona and other investors.<br \/>\nThe company will likely move to Apple&rsquo;s Seattle offices; GeekWire, visiting the Xnor.ai offices (in inclement weather, no less), reported that a move was clearly underway. AI2 confirmed that Farhadi is no longer working there, but he will retain his faculty position at the University of Washington.<br \/>\nAn acquisition by Apple makes perfect sense when one thinks of how that company has been directing its efforts towards edge computing. With a chip dedicated to executing machine learning workflows in a variety of situations, Apple clearly intends for its devices to operate independent of the cloud for such tasks as facial recognition, natural language processing, and augmented reality. It&rsquo;s as much for performance as privacy purposes.<br \/>\nIts camera software especially makes extensive use of machine learning algorithms for both capturing and processing images, a compute-heavy task that could potentially be made much lighter with the inclusion of Xnor&rsquo;s economizing techniques. The future of photography is code, after all &mdash; so the more of it you can execute, and the less time and power it takes to do so, the better.<\/p>\n<p>The future of photography is code<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nIt could also indicate new forays in the smart home, toward which with HomePod Apple has made some tentative steps. But Xnor&rsquo;s technology is highly adaptable and as such rather difficult to predict as far as what it enables for such a vast company as Apple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/guce.techcrunch.com\/consent?brandType=nonEU&#038;done=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch%2Ecom%2F2020%2F01%2F15%2Fapple%2Dbuys%2Dedge%2Dbased%2Dai%2Dstartup%2Dxnor%2Dai%2Dfor%2Da%2Dreported%2D200m%2F&#038;gcrumb=lT_Klck=\">Apple buys edge-based AI startup Xnor.ai for a reported $200M<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xnor.ai, spun off in 2017 from the nonprofit Allen Institute for AI (AI2), has been acquired by Apple for about $200 million. A source close to the company corroborated a report this morning from GeekWire to that effect. 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