Despite owning FileMaker, Apple has never included a database app with iWork. Apple has now acquired Kuzu, Inc, a firm developing fast, flexible graph databases.Kuzo Explorer is a demonstration of

Despite owning FileMaker, Apple has never included a database app with iWork. Apple has now acquired Kuzu, Inc, a firm developing fast, flexible graph databases.

Colorful network graph on dark background, with many labeled circular nodes connected by white lines, forming dense clusters and branches radiating from several central nodes
Kuzo Explorer is a demonstration of a graph database where every point of data links to all related ones — image credit: Kuzu

Apple has had the FileMaker database since the 1980s, but by being operated by an Apple subsidiary, it’s always been kept at arms’ length from the consumer iWork apps of Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. In comparison, Microsoft’s Office includes the company’s Access database.

Now as noted by the European Union’s list of significant company acquisitions, Apple has bought Kuzu, Inc. The EU defines significant not by size, but by whether the aim is to “provide core platform services.”

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