Apple, long known for its cautious approach to acquisitions, is facing challenges in its push to advance generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) capabilities, as its reluctance to pursue large-scale deals limits its ability to compete in the rapidly evolving AI landscape. According to a recent analysis by The Information, while rivals like Microsoft and Google have aggressively acquired AI startups and talent to bolster their offerings, Apple’s preference for smaller, low-profile deals has left it struggling to keep pace. This conservative strategy, rooted in the company’s desire to maintain tight control over its ecosystem, may hinder its ability to integrate cutting-edge AI technologies at a time when competitors are doubling down on transformative acquisitions.
Apple should’ve replaced Tim Cook as CEO several years ago. You know, before the company completely missed GenAI while wasting time on EVs, foisting an AR/VR DevKit foisted onto a handful of consumers, and undertaking a whole host of other distractions. “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” – Arthur Schopenhauer Welcome to the third stage. Several years late, of course, hopefully not too late, but at least we’re here. We’ve experienced all of the stages, having long been the canaries in the coal mine. – MacDailyNews, July 10, 2025 This lack of focus, lack of attention to detail, lack of striving for perfection will catch up to Apple eventually if it is not arrested and corrected in time. — MacDailyNews, November 29, 2017 Apple is not firing on all cylinders. The quality has been slipping for years and the mistakes, bad designs, stupid decisions, product delays and worse have been piling up. – MacDailyNews, May 18, 2017 Steve Jobs is irreplaceable, but someone with vision, taste, and focus is what’s required here. The magic of Steve Jobs was vision, focus on the products from the user’s point of view, fastidious attention to detail, and next-level marketing acumen. – MacDailyNews, January 29, 2018 Steve Jobs could make a power cord seem insanely great. Tim Cook could put a room to sleep while unveiling teleportation; he makes watching paint dry seem like must-see event. Apple is currently helmed by a charisma black hole. Lacking a charismatic leader who could sell ice cubes to eskimos, execution is the key. High quality products and services that just work with timely updates in sufficient supply at launch… Apple’s issues with late, old, sometimes problematic products and services do more to dampen excitement and devotion than anything. – MacDailyNews, January 4, 2019 Tim Cook is not the best person to be CEO of Apple. Do I believe that Tim Cook is the absolute best person to be CEO of Apple? No, I do not. Someone more focused on the actual business at hand (delighting customers) and who has the ability to sell it onstage would be more successful. Likely wildly more successful. In the Apple CEOship as defined by Steve Jobs, Tim Cook is out of his element. Will I shed a tear when Tim Cook finally exits Apple? Take a wild guess. Let’s face it, Steve Jobs’ track record of picking Apple CEOs was less than stellar. Hopefully, when the time comes, Sculley II isn’t up next. Yes, it could be worse. Cook fans can bask in whatever solace they can scrape up from the bottom of that sentiment, at least. – SteveJack, MacDailyNews, April 2, 2019 You know, some people get upset when we point out that Tim Cook is a boring, reactive caretaker who’s not really the best person to be running Apple today or for at least the past several years. Operations manager Cook should have been a 3-5 year stopgap after Steve Jobs’ untimely passing, running the iteration playbook, providing continuity for the company while it found a real CEO. Instead, he hung on — and keeps hanging on — well past his sell-by date… You can be upset with us for having the temerity to call it like we see it, but the fact remains that Apple would be doing significantly better today with a visionary who’d have seen AI on the horizon, who’d have recognized the intrinsic importance of Siri and therefore invested in it instead of criminally neglecting it, and who wouldn’t have squandered the company’s gigantic leads in things like personal assistants and podcasting. – MacDailyNews, August 22, 2024 Apple needed new blood years ago, but the old blood simply won’t let go. – MacDailyNews, January 22, 2025
See also: Steve Jobs never meant for Tim Cook to still be Apple’s CEO in 2025 – MacDailyNews, July 9, 2025 Support MacDailyNews at no extra cost to you by using this link to shop at Amazon. The post Apple’s cautious deal-making slows its attempt to catch up in AI appeared first on MacDailyNews. You're currently a free subscriber to MacDailyNews. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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