--- title: "Adobe to acquire Topaz Labs for AI enhancement" url: https://daily.dev/posts/adobe-to-acquire-topaz-labs-for-ai-enhancement-2ivdzjnw6 source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/adobe-acquires-topaz-labs-ai-enhancement type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2026-06-25T16:12:05.328Z updated: 2026-06-25T16:44:09.199Z tags: ["adobe", "local-ai"] reading_time: 6 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Adobe to acquire Topaz Labs for AI enhancement **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Adobe has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Topaz Labs, the Emmy-winning AI image and video enhancement company behind tools like Topaz Photo, Topaz Video, and Topaz Gigapixel. The deal brings upscaling, noise reduction, frame interpolation, and footage restoration capabilities into Adobe's Firefly, Photoshop, Lightroom, and Premiere ecosystem. A key asset is Neurostream, Topaz Labs' technology for running large AI models locally on consumer devices, aligning Adobe with the industry push toward on-device AI. The acquisition is partly defensive — removing a strong enhancement competitor from the market and securing a durable layer of AI creativity that outlasts any single generative model. Topaz Labs will continue operating as a standalone product line, with CEO Eric Yang staying on. The deal awaits regulatory approval and is expected to close in the second half of 2026. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs](https://daily.dev/posts/adobe-acquires-image-and-video-enhancement-tool-maker-topaz-labs-esdhyh8sl) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Adobe is debuting an AI assistant for Photoshop](https://daily.dev/posts/adobe-is-debuting-an-ai-assistant-for-photoshop-qth47axwh) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#adobe](https://daily.dev/tags/adobe), [#local-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/local-ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/adobe-to-acquire-topaz-labs-for-ai-enhancement-2ivdzjnw6)