Apple is experiencing its most significant executive exodus in decades, with at least six top leaders—including heads of AI, design, legal, and policy—departing in recent weeks.

The departures are threatening Apple’s core advantage amid a broader talent drain to AI rivals like Meta and OpenAI.

The upheaval, driven by retiring veterans and poaching by nimbler competitors, jeopardizes Apple’s innovation pipeline as it struggles to launch breakthrough products.

Apple Inc., long the model of stability in Silicon Valley, is suddenly undergoing its biggest personnel shake-up in decades, with senior executives and key engineers both hitting the exits.

In just the past week, Apple’s heads of artificial intelligence and interface design stepped down. Then the company announced that its general

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