According to foreign media CNBC, Apple is in the "final stage of negotiations" to acquire computer vision startup Prompt AI, aiming to integrate the company's core technologies and top talent.
It is understood that Prompt AI was founded in 2023 and completed a seed round of $5 million (approximately 35.657 million RMB) led by AIX and Abstract Ventures the same year. Its core product is the Seemour app, which connects with home security cameras and provides advanced recognition and analysis functions.
The key technical highlights of Seemour include:
High-precision recognition: It can recognize people, pets, and other objects in the image.
Abnormal alerts: It sends alerts for abnormal activities detected.
Text description and Q&A: It can generate text descriptions of the content in the image and even answer questions posed by users based on the camera feed.
Apple's acquisition of Prompt AI is seen as a significant technological addition to its areas of smart home security, computer vision, and edge AI analysis.
Employee Placement and Investor Returns
Prompt AI's leadership informed employees about the progress of the transaction on Thursday. It is reported that some employees who are not joining Apple will receive appropriate compensation and can also apply for other open positions within Apple.
Foreign media revealed that investors of Prompt AI are expected to recover part of their funds in this deal, but not all of their investment. During the meeting, executives asked employees to refrain from mentioning Apple's name
