[vineyardmike]

To be fair, apple is famous for having poured money into AR and robot cars lately. “Project Titan” was a cash burning machine, and we’ve been expecting their rumored AR goggles any day now.

Apple may have had more discipline with hiring, but they definitely fund R&D ventures - especially the “moonshots” you mention. They seem to have avoided any crypto teams, and any space-tech teams, but they also seemed under invested in AI.