In a global all-hands meeting hosted from Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, CEO Tim Cook seemed to admit to what analysts and Apple enthusiasts around the world had been raising concerns about: that Apple has fallen behind competitors in the AI race. And Cook promised employees that the company will be doing everything to catch up.

Apple might be planning on expanding data centers and investing more in AI as it fights to keep up with Microsoft, Google.

If the hundred-million-dollar AI investments at Microsoft, Google, and Amazon—and NFL-level salaries for AI talent—weren’t enough to confirm the big tech AI race is on, Apple’s CEO just addressed any remaining doubt.