Posted Feb 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM UTC

Apple quietly acquired the graph database company Kuzu late last year.

The acquisition seems to have occurred in October 2025, as AppleInsider reports. Apple’s motivation for purchasing Kuzu remains a mystery, but graph databases like Kuzu’s could be used in Apple’s FileMaker Pro, Freeform, or iWork apps, or used for social features in other apps like Apple Music or Apple Games.

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