CEO of Google and Alphabet
Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google and Alphabet. He leads Google's product and business strategy, including its work on AI-powered services.
About Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google and Alphabet and serves on Alphabet's board of directors. Google's official biography describes his leadership as focused on applying advances in artificial intelligence to the company's products and services.
Pichai expanded his responsibilities from Google CEO to CEO of both Google and Alphabet in December 2019. The appointment made him responsible for leading Google and overseeing Alphabet's investments in its other businesses.
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- Musk and Zuckerberg Swap "AI" for "Super Intelligence" on Earnings Calls; Google, Amazon and Microsoft Hold Out →
A month after Trump ordered "super intelligence" to replace "AI" inside the US government, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg followed on their Q3 earnings calls. Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft CEOs mostly did not. Here is who said what, and what the branding shift actually changes.
- Google Takes Ads in AI Mode Global as Search Growth Slows to 12% →
On Alphabet's Q3 2026 call, Google said ads in AI Mode and AI Overviews are going international for the first time, with multi-turn ads arriving in the US. Search revenue growth slowed to 12% while Cloud grew 103%. Here is what is confirmed and what it means.
- Google DeepMind Staff Resign Over Military AI Contracts: What the BBC Reported →
The BBC spoke to current and former Google DeepMind staff who resigned over Google's AI contracts with the US military. explainx.ai lays out what they said, what the contract language reportedly allows, how Google responded, and which claims remain unverified.
- Hawley and Blumenthal Press Google on AI in Classrooms: Nine Questions and a November 2 Deadline →
On October 21, 2026, Senators Josh Hawley and Blumenthal wrote to Google CEO Sundar Pichai with "grave concern" that Google's push of AI products into schools threatens students, citing a Wall Street Journal investigation. They ask nine questions, including why AI is default and sometimes cannot be disabled on education devices, and want answers by November 2. We summarize the letter, what is allegation versus evidence, and what schools can do.
- Google Quantum AI Cuts Magic State Errors 40x on Willow: What It Means and What It Does Not →