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Sundar Pichai

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Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Alphabet Inc. and Google.

Notable Quotes

"The conversation has gone from, ‘Can we build an agent?’ to ‘How do we manage thousands of them?’"
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"His firm was working on establishing an AI hub in the southern city of Vishakhapatnam."
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"The best outcomes of AI are not guaranteed. We must pursue AI boldly, approach it responsibly, and work together through this moment."
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"People thought it would be really difficult for me, it is the last two letters of my last name, after all."
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"I know today is about giving you all advice. But people have also been giving me a lot of advice on what to say."
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"Choose optimism."
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"the judgement 'fails to recognise' the firm's 'significant investment to ensure Android remains open, interoperable and free'"
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"the technological shift to AI tools and capabilities still feels like early innings in a shift across multiple areas"
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"Pichai pushes back on claims Google is losing ground in AI race."
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"We own frontier models, we own the silicon [for chips], that really helps us stay head of the curve."
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"2026 is off to a terrific start."
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