Apple licenses Huxe IP and hires its staff in acqui-hire deal
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Apple has the right to hire specific Huxe employees and holds a non-exclusive license to Huxe's intellectual property, according to filings in the EU Digital Markets Act transparency database published in October 2026, as reported by IThome.
The arrangement is an acqui-hire rather than an acquisition of Huxe, and the payment amount was not disclosed.
Huxe was founded by three former Google NotebookLM team members and shut down on May 28, 2026.
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- IThome · AINewsApple licenses Huxe IP and hires staff from the former NotebookLM team in acqui-hire deal
AIApple has the right to hire specific Huxe employees and holds a non-exclusive license to Huxe's intellectual property, according to filings in the EU Digital Markets Act transparency database published in October 2026. The deal is an acqui-hire rather than an acquisition of Huxe, and the amount was not disclosed. Huxe, founded by three former Google NotebookLM team members, shut down on May 28, 2026.
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