Apple Gives iPhone Designers Bonuses Up to $400K to Counter OpenAI Poaching

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By Juli CloverMar 26, 2026, 7:28 pm211 ptsTrending
Apple gave its iPhone Product Design team bonuses worth "several hundred thousand dollars" in an effort to keep them from being poached by other companies, reports Bloomberg. The bonuses were provided as restricted stock units (RSUs) that will vest over a four-year period. Hardware designers given bonuses will…

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