Apple’s AI team is bigger than reported & strategy reinforced with latest restructure

The slow restructure of the Apple Intelligence team across 2025 reflects changes in internal strategy around AI rather than an individual failure. Here’s how it all comes together for the 2026 relaunch.

Apple Intelligence is about to relaunch with an LLM-backed Siri

John Giannandrea’s retirement didn’t come as a surprise to many, as they view him as the central problem with Apple’s AI strategy. However, even as he’s leaving, Apple’s strategy doesn’t seem to be shifting, and the AI teams continue producing research.

There have been about a dozen reports of various AI-adjacent team members and managers departing Apple in the past year. These reports do little to explain why these individuals leave, with the exception of a few being offered millions to do so, and they all lack context as to how Apple handles these departures.

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