In a dramatic turn of events, Apple's head of custom silicon and the Senior Vice President of its Hardware Technologies division, Johny Srouji, has publicly declared that he would stay put at Apple, as per the leaked anecdote of a meeting earlier today.
Johny Srouji: "I love my team, and I love my job at Apple"
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman is out with a scoop today, detailing the minutes of a meeting at Apple earlier today, where the Cupertino giant's head of custom silicon, Johny Srouji, has reportedly renounced any intention of leaving Apple by declaring:
"I love my team, and I love my job at Apple, and I don’t plan on leaving anytime soon."
This comes as Bloomberg reported over the weekend that Johny Srouji could be seeking greener pastures. Apple’s custom silicon guru had reportedly spoken to Tim Cook about his intention to seek employment elsewhere, as per the reporting over the weekend, going so far as to inform his colleagues of his possible departure.
Apparently, Tim Cook's efforts since then have paid off, with the key executive clarifying his intention to remain at Apple in an unambiguous fashion earlier today.
Srouji is largely credited with being the brain behind Apple's M1 silicon and its iterations since then. He also played an important role in the introduction of the C1 baseband chip that debuted in the iPhone 16e, as well as its next iteration, the C1X, which is found in the iPhone Air, not to mention the new custom wireless chip called N1, which is found in all iPhone 17 models.
Meanwhile, as we noted recently, Apple has lost 4 key executives during the ongoing week alone, with all of them announcing their intention to depart the company.
It started with Apple's AI czar, John Giannandrea, who was kicked to the proverbial curb on Monday, and summarily replaced with Microsoft's Amar Subramanya.
Then, it was the turn of Apple's head of UI design, Alan Dye, who was formally poached by Meta on Wednesday.
Yesterday, Apple announced that its general counsel, Kat Adams, and its vice president for Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives, Lisa Jackson, would be leaving the company soon. This comes as Apple's COO, Jeff Williams, and CFO, Luca Maestri, both departed earlier this year.
Of course, the Cupertino giant's core iPhone design team is also bleeding talent to Jony Ive's io, which was recently acquired by OpenAI in its quest for an "iPhone Killer" device.
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, OpenAI has hired around 40 Apple engineers in the last month or so alone! Some of these prominent hires from Apple include Matt Theobald, a manufacturing design expert, and Cyrus Daniel Irani, the lead on human interface design.
Moreover, Abidur Chowdhury, the designer of the iPhone Air and a rising star within the company, recently left his cushy job with the tech giant to pursue a stint at an unnamed AI startup.
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