A new report claims that despite a series of alleged issues to do with Apple Intelligence and lack of new hardware, CEO Tim Cook can weather any issue because of how dramatically he has grown the company.

Tim Cook has effectively led Apple, achieving significant sales milestones, particularly with the iPhone. However, recent analyses suggest that the company may require a product-focused CEO to enhance its position in the competitive AI landscape.

The latest tremors came when Apple announced chief operating officer Jeff Williams would retire by yearend after 27 years. Just a day before, the company’s top AI executive, Ruoming Pang, had left to join Meta, and weeks earlier, another high-level AI researcher, Tom Gunter, had also left. The image of a leadership exodus was forming.