Apple Inc. has acquired Lattice Data Inc., a Silicon Valley company that specializes in machine learning and artificial intelligence, according to a report Saturday by TechCrunch. The deal, which closed a coupe of weeks ago, was worth about $200 million, TechCrunch reported, and about 20 Lattice engineers have been absorbed into the tech giant. Apple issued its typical statement regarding purchases Sunday, saying it “buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.” Lattice was founded in 2015, and uses its technology to turn “dark data,” such as raw text and images, into more structured, usable information.
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