CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly informed Google workers that 2025 shall be a “important” yr for the corporate.
CNBC studies that it obtained audio from a December 18 strategy meeting the place Pichai and different executives placed on ugly vacation sweaters and laid out their priorities for the approaching yr.
“I believe 2025 shall be important,” Pichai stated. “I believe it’s actually vital we internalize the urgency of this second, and wish to maneuver sooner as an organization. The stakes are excessive.”
The second, after all, is one the place tech corporations like Google are making heavy investments in AI, and often with mixed results. Pichai acknowledged that the corporate has some catching as much as do on the AI facet — he described the Gemini app (primarily based on the corporate’s AI mannequin of the identical title) as having “sturdy momentum,” whereas additionally acknowledging “now we have some work to do in 2025 to shut the hole and set up a management place there as effectively.”
“Scaling Gemini on the buyer facet shall be our greatest focus subsequent yr,” he stated.