iPhone Air designer leaves Apple for AI startup

Abidur Choudhuri, an industrial designer who played a key role in Apple’s iPhone Air project, has left the company to join an artificial intelligence startup, Bloomberg reported.

His departure drew attention inside the company, the report said, as Choudhuri was considered an important member of Apple’s design team. In September, he personally presented the iPhone Air during Apple’s official video launch, highlighting his influence on the product’s visual and structural design.