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Handing over the CEO seat on a fixed, pre-announced clock (2026-09-01) while Apple keeps outsourcing the model layer to Google (Apple x Gemini) rather than building its own — a leadership and strategic hand-off, not expansion or retreat: revenue/net income are still growing, only the House is changing hands.
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- kestrel board.yaml apple succession block condition: in-succession; from tim-cook to john-ternus, effective 2026-09-01; Cook stays executive chairman on policy — 'a regent retained for foreign affairs'
- Wikipedia — Tim Cook Apple announced April 20, 2026 that Cook steps down as CEO Sept 1, 2026, becoming Executive Chairman; John Ternus (SVP Hardware Engineering) becomes CEO
- kestrel board.yaml apple gloss outsources the model layer to Google (Apple x Gemini) while its House changes hands
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Handing over the CEO seat on a fixed, pre-announced clock (2026-09-01) while Apple keeps outsourcing the model layer to Google (Apple x Gemini) rather than building its own — a leadership and strategic hand-off, not expansion or retreat: revenue/net income are still growing, only the House is changing hands.
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