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Apple Acquires Audio Ai Startup q.ai

  • Apple today confirmed it acquired Q.ai, an Israeli AI startup, with Financial Times reporting the deal valued close to $2 billion.
  • Q.ai's technology focuses on analyzing facial expressions and facial skin micro-movements to decode silent speech, enabling whisper-level speech and improved audio in noisy environments.
  • The Q.ai team, including Aviad Maizels, Yonatan Wexler and Avi Barliya, launched Q.ai in 2022, operated in stealth, and will join Apple; Maizels sold PrimeSense to Apple in 2013.
  • Integrating Q.ai's systems could enable silent voice input and ultra-reliable voice control for Siri across AirPods, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, supporting mixed-reality and in-car systems.
  • Apple's public confirmation is notable because it rarely confirms acquisitions; Q.ai's investors include Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia-backed fund, amid AI hardware competition with Meta and Google.
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MacRumors broke the news in United States on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
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