Apple licenses Huxe AI podcast tech and hires team in reverse acqui hire

On October 10, 2026, a European Commission filing revealed that Apple reached an agreement to offer jobs to selected employees of AI audio startup Huxe and obtain a non exclusive license to its intellectual property. TechCrunch reports that Huxe, founded by former Google NotebookLM developers, had already shut down its personalized podcast app earlier this year, making the arrangement a reverse acqui hire rather than a full acquisition.([techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/10/apple-discloses-deal-to-hire-team-and-license-tech-from-personalized-podcast-startup-huxe/))