Apple, a leading global technology company, has acquired 'Kuzu', a company founded by Turkish entrepreneurs. It has emerged that Kuzu, a graphic database company established by Ardan Araç and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serdar Salihoğlu, joined the Apple family last year.
Apple, a company valued over 4 trillion dollars, has acquired a company founded by Turkish entrepreneurs. The company named 'Kuzu', established by Princeton University graduate Ardan Araç and Semih Salihoğlu, a graduate of Yale and Stanford universities, quietly became part of the Apple family. It has been revealed that the acquisition took place last year.
The completion of the purchase in October 2025 was confirmed through a notification made to the European Union.
ScaleX Ventures is among the investors of the company, which develops graphic databases.
Kuzu, a developer of graph databases, has constructed a system that provides significant advantages, particularly in the analysis of complex data relationships. Offering a graph database that models data in interconnected nodes, Kuzu has developed an embedded system designed for query speed, scalability, and ease of use on LinkedIn. This developed system has piqued the interest of investors and technology companies alike.