A view of the entrance to Apple’s flagship Fifth Avenue store in New York City, U.S, July 9, 2022. (Adobe Stock Photo)
February 14, 2026 12:20 PM GMT+03:00
U.S. tech titan Apple has acquired Kuzu, a graph database startup founded by Turkish academicians, aiming to accelerate on-device artificial intelligence processing and enhance privacy-focused data handling on its Apple Silicon-powered devices.
According to the European Commission’s acquisitions registry, the deal was completed under an agreement signed in October 2025, though financial terms remain undisclosed, pointing to a smaller acquisition.
Kuzu graph database built for faster AI
Founded in 2023 by Semih Salihoglu, an associate professor of computer science at the University…
