Patel: Apple has lacked visionary innovation under Tim Cook for a decade
Dylan Patel · Dylan Patel on the AI Chip Race - NVIDIA, Intel & the US Government vs. China · Sep 22, 2025 · at 53:50
Dylan Patel, chief analyst at SemiAnalysis, criticizes Apple's leadership and lack of innovation while discussing corporate cash deployment strategies.
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“The reason why Apple hasn't done anything interesting in like, you know, nearly a decade is, is, you know, they've got a not visionary at the head. Tim Cook's greatest supply chain. And they're just plowing the money into buybacks.”
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