Guess who at Apple is pushing hardest for an AIquisition

Among the potential targets Apple executives have discussed are Mistral AI, a Paris-based rival to OpenAI, and AI-powered search engine Perplexity.

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Apple's Tim Cook spotted at Sun Valley

2 months ago

Published July 11, 2025 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Apple's Tim Cook spotted at Sun Valley

From "Tim Cook and Eddy Cue attend ‘summer camp for billionaires in Sun Valley" posted Friday by MacDailyNews.

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Mark Gurman: Apple might make more money without Google's $20 billion

4 months ago

Published May 11, 2025 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Mark Gurman: Apple might make more money without Google's $20 billion

"But the old search approach remains lucrative for both Apple and Google."

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Josh Brown: 'It's a huge story for both Apple and Google'

4 months ago

Published May 7, 2025 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Josh Brown: 'It's a huge story for both Apple and Google'

"It's the end of an era."

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Apple's Eddy Cue testifies he's losing sleep over Google's billions

4 months ago

Published May 7, 2025 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Apple's Eddy Cue testifies he's losing sleep over Google's billions

Alphabet's shares fall off a cliff on Cue's report that AI searches are cutting into Google's.

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Mark Gurman: What happens when Tim Cook, Jeff Williams and Eddy Cue retire?

1 year ago

Published September 1, 2024 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Mark Gurman: What happens when Tim Cook, Jeff Williams and Eddy Cue retire?

"Companies often struggle with the departure of key executives, but Apple has a time-tested way to deal with it: make sure that the person quitting doesn’t actually leave."

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What Apple's Eddy Cue said about Bing

1 year ago

Published August 7, 2024 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

What Apple's Eddy Cue said about Bing

"I don’t believe there’s a price in the world that Microsoft could offer us," Cue said at another point. "They offered to give us Bing for free. They could give us the whole company."