Apple acquires machine learning startup Turi, formerly known as GraphLab and Dato

Apple has acquired Turi, a machine learning software startup. The startup formerly went by the names GraphLab and Dato.
Apple provided no information other than its standard boilerplate message for confirming acquisitions. “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans,” an Apple spokesperson told VentureBeat in an email. (Hat tip to Geekwire for breaking the news.)
Carlos Guestrin, cofounder and chief executive of the