United Kingdom, Nov. 18 -- Apple has reportedly lost the designer of the iPhone Air, Abidur Chowdhury.

According to Bloomberg, the industrial designer is leaving the Cupertuno company for an artificial intelligence startup, marking another high-profile departure from the tech giant's once-storied design group.

Chowdhury, who spent more than six years at Apple, played a central role in shaping the iPhone Air and even fronted its two-minute design-focused launch video during Apple's September keynote, an assignment typically reserved for the company's most trusted design talents.

His reported exit has supposedly caused a stir inside Apple, according to people familiar with the matter, both because of his growing influence and because it ...