Apple bets $2bn on Q.AI to fuel AI wearables
Apple agreed to acquire the secretive Israeli startup Q.AI for close to $2 billion, aiming to use its facial‑expression analysis tech to enable private, non‑verbal AI interactions through wearables like headphones or smart glasses, as part of a broader push to close the gap with Meta, Google and OpenAI in AI-powered wearables and features such as Vision Pro.