Eight years later, Apple quietly shuts the door on AI chief John Giannandrea

Since his retirement was announced in 2025, Apple Intelligence head John Giannandrea has been reduced to the role of an advisor, but is now expected to exit Apple Park shortly.

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John Giannandrea – image credit: Apple

If you spend your notice period at home, you’re on gardening leave. If you spend it at work and you’re waiting for when your contracted stock bonuses realize, it’s called “rest and vest”.

It appears that the stock options agreed for John Giannandrea’s contract when Apple hired him in 2018, are due on April 15. According to Bloomberg’s “Power On” newsletter, Giannandrea is consequently going to leave around then.

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