CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly informed Google staff that 2025 will probably be a “critical” 12 months for the corporate.
CNBC reviews that it obtained audio from a December 18 technique assembly the place Pichai and different executives placed on ugly vacation sweaters and laid out their priorities for the approaching 12 months.
“I think 2025 will be critical,” Pichai stated. “I think it’s really important we internalize the urgency of this moment, and need to move faster as a company. The stakes are high.”
The second, in fact, is one the place tech corporations like Google are making heavy investments in AI, and infrequently with combined outcomes. Pichai acknowledged that the corporate has some catching as much as do on the AI aspect — he described the Gemini app (based mostly on the corporate’s AI mannequin of the identical identify) as having “strong momentum,” whereas additionally acknowledging “we have some work to do in 2025 to close the gap and establish a leadership position there as well.”
“Scaling Gemini on the consumer side will be our biggest focus next year,” he stated.
