Bloomberg studies that Abidur Chowdhury, the economic designer who launched the iPhone Air throughout Apple’s September occasion, has left for an unnamed synthetic intelligence startup. Listed here are the main points.
Apple’s mind drain continues past its AI analysis division
Apple has been dealing with a relentless mind drain from its AI departments, with latest departures together with high engineers and researchers who’ve defected to firms corresponding to Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI.
However within the design division, Apple has additionally been struggling its personal wave of exits, significantly to Jony Ive’s crew at io, which was acquired earlier this yr by OpenAI.
That features Evans Hankey, who succeeded Ive as industrial design lead following his departure, Tang Tan, who spent greater than 25 years engaged on design at Apple, Cyrus Daniel, who labored at Apple’s human interface design crew for 15 years, Matt Theobald, who labored on manufacturing design at Apple for nearly 20 years, Erik de Jong, who partly led the Apple Watch design crew.
Now, as reported by Bloomberg, Chowdhury has additionally left Apple:
“Abidur Chowdhury, an industrial designer, just lately departed the iPhone maker for a man-made intelligence startup, based on folks conversant in the transfer. His exit made waves internally, given his rising profile inside the design crew, mentioned the folks, who requested to not be recognized as a result of the matter is personal.”
Bloomberg’s report doesn’t point out the place Chowdhury moved to, and his LinkedIn profile nonetheless exhibits Apple as his present employer.
The report does point out, nevertheless, that though he “performed a key function in creating the iPhone Air,” his departure is “unrelated to the debut of the telephone.”
You’ll be able to watch Chowdhury’s introduction of the iPhone Air beneath:
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