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Last week, on Apple’s earnings call, CEO Tim Cook said he was looking to acquire companies.<\/p>\n

“We’re very open to [mergers and acquisitions],” Cook said at the time. “We basically ask ourselves whether a company can help us accelerate a roadmap. If they do, then we’re interested.”<\/p>\n

Related:<\/b> She Was CEO of OpenAI for 2 Days. Now Her Secretive AI Startup Has Raised $12 Billion.<\/p>\n

Cook noted that of the seven or so companies that Apple had acquired so far in 2025, several were not AI-focused and came from “all walks of life.” He also said the company was making deals fast \u2014 every few weeks.<\/p>\n

Apple CEO Tim Cook BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI\/AFP | Getty Images<\/sup><\/p>\n

What is Apple looking for in a startup?<\/h2>\n

“We are not stuck on a certain size company,” Cook said.<\/p>\n

Apple has about $133 billion of cash, so price isn’t the issue. Rather, the question would be how a startup can fit into the Apple ecosystem with consumer products.<\/p>\n

Business Insider<\/i> notes that Apple’s largest acquisition of all time was Beats Electronics in 2014 for $3 billion.<\/p>\n

The outlet asked several experts in the field which companies Apple should consider buying, and many big names were thrown into the ring \u2014 including Perplexity, the popular AI-powered search engine.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/b>A Newly Acquired Startup Just Offered Its 200-Person Team a Choice \u2014 Work Weekends or Take a Buyout<\/p>\n

Another notable suggestion was Thinking Machines Lab, the startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. The company has raised $12 billion so far, though it has yet to launch any products. In July, Murati posted on X that the company would be sharing its first product “in the next couple of months.”<\/p>\n

Still, Perplexity and Thinking Machines Lab could be too pricey (both could end up costing somewhere close to $20 billion, BI<\/i> estimates, if they were even for sale at all), so smaller companies definitely have a shot.<\/p>\n

Maybe it’s time to give your pitch deck a refresh.<\/p>\n

Join top CEOs, founders, and operators at the<\/i> <\/i>Level Up conference<\/i> to unlock strategies for scaling your business, boosting revenue, and building sustainable success.<\/i><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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