� Apple buys Q.ai for $2B

� Apple acquired Israeli startup Q.ai for $2B. It is Apple’s second largest acquisition after Beats. All 100 employees will join Apple.

� Q.ai develops AI that reads speech from facial movement. The team previously worked on core technologies behind Xbox Kinect and Face ID.

� The deal brings in a full team with deep experience in vision-based interaction. That capability fits Apple’s long-term push into hardware where cameras and sensors play a central role.

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