Apple acquires Machine-Learning startup Inductiv to improve Siri

Apple has acquired machine learning startup Inductiv to improve Siri capabilities, reports Bloomberg. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed in the report.

Professors from Stanford University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Waterloo co-founded Ontario-based start-up Inductiv.

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Bloomberg's report stated that the engineering team from Waterloo, Ontario-based Inductiv joined Apple in recent weeks to work on Siri, machine learning, and data science. Responding to Bloomberg's inquiry, Apple confirmed the deal, saying it “buys smaller technology companies from time to time and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.”

Apple's Inductiv acquisition

Inductiv leverages Artificial Intelligence to identify and correct errors in large data sets. This will help in generating cleaner data sets used for machine learning in Siri. Thus allowing iPhone maker in improving AI capabilities of Siri, notes the report.

It should be noted that Apple's Siri was launched much before Google Assistant and Amazon's Alexa. Apple has already made dozens of AI acquisitions to improve Siri's capabilities.