Today, sources reported another major acquisition of Apple. According to the available data, now the Coopertinos agree on the main points to buy a startup Drive. ai. The latter specializes in technology for driverless cars.
There are no specific details about the future deal at the time. The sources do not say the approximate price for which Apple is buying Drive. ai, nor the future plans of the Coopertinos. In February of this year, about 100 engineers worked in the startup. It is possible that some of them will go to work at Apple. However, there is a possibility that the Coopertinos decided to buy Drive. ai not so much because of engineers and other specialists, but because of developments and patents.
It is not difficult to assume that all these developments Apple will use in the development of its own car and autonomous vehicle management system. At this point, sources disagree on whether the Coopertinos continue to work on their own car. In the past, the network reported that Apple decided to wind down work on the vehicle and focus on the autonomous control system.
