CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly informed Google staff that 2025 shall be a “vital” 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 believe 2025 shall be vital,” Pichai mentioned. “I believe it’s actually vital we internalize the urgency of this second, and want to maneuver quicker as an organization. The stakes are excessive.”
The second, after all, is one the place tech firms like Google are making heavy investments in AI, and typically with blended 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 “robust momentum,” whereas additionally acknowledging “we’ve got some work to do in 2025 to shut the hole and set up a management place there as effectively.”
“Scaling Gemini on the buyer aspect shall be our greatest focus subsequent 12 months,” he mentioned.