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2025-12-01T23:24:06.932Z
- Apple’s head of AI, John Giannandrea, is leaving the company and Amar Subramanya is joining the company.
- Subramanya led engineering at Google’s Gemini before joining Microsoft earlier this year.
- Gianandrea will serve as an advisor to Apple and retire next year.
John Gianandrea, Apple’s senior vice president of machine learning and AI strategy, is leaving his position, the company announced Monday.
Gianandrea will remain an advisor to Apple until he retires in the spring.
“We’re grateful for the role John has played in building and advancing our AI business, helping Apple continue to innovate and enrich the lives of our users,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement.
Gianandrea has been with Apple for nearly eight years and previously worked at Google.
Amar Subramanya, an AI researcher who most recently served as vice president of AI at Microsoft, is now vice president of AI at Apple, the company announced. Before joining Microsoft, Mr. Subramanya was at Google.
Subramanya worked at Google for 16 years, serving as head of engineering for Gemini, the company’s AI assistant, before leaving for Microsoft in July.
The changes come as the war for AI talent intensifies this year, with big tech companies competing to retain and lure top engineers and researchers with multi-million dollar salary packages and other offers.
Meta poached several top AI researchers from Apple earlier this year, Bloomberg reported. meanwhile. Business Insider reported that Microsoft is poaching talented engineers from Meta.
