Organization

Apple

Consumer products · Hardware manufacturer · Model developer · Developer platform · Cupertino, California

Apple makes and sells smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories, and sells related services. Its AI features, called Apple Intelligence, run on-device and through Apple's Private Cloud Compute. Developers can reach Apple's on-device model through the Foundation Models framework, and Apple machine learning research publishes the open-source MLX array framework.1 2 3 4

Last reviewedSep 29, 2026Entry updated Sep 29, 2026

Key facts

Website: apple.com (external site: apple.com)
Legal name: Apple Inc.1
Ownership: Publicly traded
Legal form: California corporation1
Headquarters: Cupertino, California1
Founded: Unknown
Sectors: Research

What is and isn’t public

An evidence-based summary of what this catalog has documented. It is not a verdict on the organization as a whole.

Apple's consumer AI features and on-device model are delivered through its operating systems and developer frameworks. It publishes open-source machine learning software such as MLX under the MIT License. This catalog has not assessed Apple model weight releases.2 3 5

Products

Documented products and how they are delivered. Each row links to the official page.

Hosted model products

Labeled Closed product/API — this describes how a documented product is delivered (hosted access). It is not an open artifact and says nothing about other releases by the same organization.

Apple: hosted model products
Product	Kind	Documented delivery and access	Reviewed
Apple Intelligence (external site: apple.com)	Assistant app	Built into supported iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro models, including Siri. Uses on-device processing and can draw on larger server-based models through Private Cloud Compute. Siri AI is not initially available in the EU on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS.2	Sep 29, 2026

Other products

Apple: other products
Product	Kind	Documented delivery and access	Reviewed
Foundation Models framework (external site: developer.apple.com)	Developer tool	Apple developer framework for language understanding, structured output, and tool calling, available from iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS 26 and watchOS 27.3	Sep 29, 2026

Related open artifacts

Records in the Open Models & Tools directory that list this organization as a maintainer or publisher.

Model families (2)

FastVLMModel family
OpenELMModel family

Model releases (2)

FastVLM 7BModel releaseAvailability: PublicModel-disclosure tier (USASI rubric v0.1): Open-weight
OpenELM 3B InstructModel releaseAvailability: PublicModel-disclosure tier (USASI rubric v0.1): Open-stack

Frameworks (1)

MLXSoftwareAvailability: Public

Notable documented facts

MLX, an array framework for machine learning on Apple silicon, is published by Apple machine learning research under the MIT License.4 5

U.S. eligibility

How this record meets the catalog’s published eligibility policy.

Eligible · basis: U.S. headquarters

Apple Inc. is a California corporation whose principal executive offices are at One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, California, per its Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025.1

Assessed Sep 29, 2026

Eligibility policy

Sources

1.
Apple Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2025 (external site: sec.gov)
Apple Inc. (U.S. SEC filing) · Filing · published Oct 31, 2025 · accessed Sep 29, 2026
2.
Apple Intelligence and Siri - Apple (external site: apple.com)
Apple · Official page · accessed Sep 29, 2026
3.
Foundation Models | Apple Developer Documentation (external site: developer.apple.com)
Apple · Documentation · accessed Sep 29, 2026
4.
ml-explore/mlx README (external site: github.com)
Apple (GitHub) · Repository · accessed Sep 29, 2026
5.
ml-explore/mlx LICENSE (external site: github.com)
Apple (GitHub) · License · accessed Sep 29, 2026

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