Apple appears to have acquired WhyLabs, a Jeff Bezos-backed AI security startup

GeekWire is reporting that Apple has acquired WhyLabs, a Seattle startup back by Jeff Bezos that was founded in 2019 that helps companies observe their AI apps to prevent security risks and optimize performance.
Taylor Soper for GeekWire:
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There are a few clues online.
• AI Fund, a Palo Alto venture capital firm that co-led WhyLabs’ Series A round in 2021, notes on its portfolio page that the company “was acquired in 2025.”
• Perry Wu, a former general partner at AI Fund, lists WhyLabs on his LinkedIn page as “ACQ BY APPLE.”
Apple has invested heavily in AI, including efforts to build on-device AI capabilities. But analysts say the company has fallen behind competitors. “What’s notable about artificial intelligence is that Apple has devoted considerable resources to the technology and has little to show for it,” Bloomberg reported earlier this week…
Last year WhyLabs rolled out a “new iteration” of the company’s platform designed for real-time security monitoring of generative AI apps.
WhyLabs CEO Alessya Visnjic previously spent eight years at Amazon helping develop its machine learning infrastructure. She co-founded WhyLabs with Andy Dang and Sam Gracie, also former Amazon employees. Co-founder Maria Karaivanova was a former Cloudflare executive and principal at Madrona.

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MacDailyNews Take: “ACQ BY APPLE” is a pretty strong clue.

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