[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-apples-siri-chief-is-weighing-an-exit-and-two-names-loom":10,"sections":34},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},12602,"apples-siri-chief-is-weighing-an-exit-and-two-names-loom","Apple's Siri Chief Is Weighing an Exit, and Two Names Loom","Mike Rockwell is reportedly considering leaving Apple, and his likely successors represent two very different bets on how to fix Siri.","Mike Rockwell, Apple's vice president of Siri engineering, \"continues to seriously consider stepping down\" and could leave the company in 2027, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.\n\nGurman described the possible departure as a major blow to Apple. Reports of an exit first surfaced in April, so this is a rumor that has lingered rather than a fresh one. If Rockwell leaves or moves to another role, responsibility for Siri would most likely fall to one of two people.\n\nThe first is Amar Subramanya, a Google veteran hired to shore up Apple's AI efforts. The second is Sebastien Marineau, a deputy to software chief Craig Federighi who leads the teams integrating AI into iOS. Some inside Apple see Marineau as a possible eventual successor to Federighi, and as someone \"more all-in on the AI revolution.\"\n\nThe two candidates amount to different kinds of answer. Subramanya is an outside hire whose remit already centers on AI. Marineau is an insider, and promoting him would tie Siri more tightly to the iOS organization that ships it. Siri is the most visible face of Apple's AI work, so a change at the top of its engineering adds churn to a project under pressure to show progress.\n\nNothing here is a decision. Gurman's account covers who would likely inherit the job, not a move Apple has announced. The more interesting question is what the choice would signal: whether Apple wants its assistant steered by imported AI expertise or by the executive some colleagues already see as Federighi's heir.","[\"apple\",\"siri\",\"ai\",\"leadership\"]","2026-11-09T12:31:24.000Z","2026-11-09T13:28:12.235Z","2026-11-09T13:28:12.399Z","published",null,[],"ai",[26,27,24,28],"apple","siri","leadership",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"MacRumors","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.macrumors.com\u002F2026\u002F11\u002F09\u002Fapple-siri-boss-may-leave\u002F",0,{"sections":35},[36,40,45,50,55,60,65,70,75,80,85,90,95,100],{"name":37,"slug":24,"count":38,"latest_published_at":39},"AI",7144,"2026-11-12T13:27:45.000Z",{"name":41,"slug":42,"count":43,"latest_published_at":44},"Security","security",1128,"2026-11-11T18:05:00.000Z",{"name":46,"slug":47,"count":48,"latest_published_at":49},"Deals","deals",642,"2026-11-12T14:00:00.000Z",{"name":51,"slug":52,"count":53,"latest_published_at":54},"Policy","policy",619,"2026-11-12T12:53:36.000Z",{"name":56,"slug":57,"count":58,"latest_published_at":59},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",364,"2026-11-12T11:12:32.000Z",{"name":61,"slug":62,"count":63,"latest_published_at":64},"Hardware","hardware",336,"2026-11-12T11:24:43.000Z",{"name":66,"slug":67,"count":68,"latest_published_at":69},"Science","science",230,"2026-11-12T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":71,"slug":72,"count":73,"latest_published_at":74},"Software","software",168,"2026-11-11T17:36:49.000Z",{"name":76,"slug":77,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Startups","startups",159,"2026-11-11T12:30:00.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",127,"2026-11-11T19:00:44.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"General","general",118,"2026-11-11T16:49:42.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"Gaming","gaming",107,"2026-11-12T10:09:03.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]