Newcomer · 4 September 2026

Tim Cook Was a Great CEO. The Tech Industry Needs a Statesman.

Eric Newcomer

Tim Cook's retirement exposes Silicon Valley's lack of statesmanlike leaders willing to balance profit with principle on AI regulation, data centers, and societal stakes—a vacuum filled instead by self-interested founders and politicized CEOs.

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Topics: AI (Horizontal) · Venture Capital & Startups

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