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Google is a multinational technology company specializing in internet-related products and services, founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Its core businesses include search, advertising and cloud computing, but it also has divisions in hardware and software development. Sundar Pichai currently serves as CEO. Its primary competitors include other major tech companies such as Amazon, Apple and Facebook. Google is making forays into artificial intelligence with Gemini, its conversational AI that aims to compete with OpenAI.

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The Big Read

Benchmark’s AI Pressure Test: High Prices, Smaller Stakes—and a Poached Star

By Natasha Mascarenhas · Oct 31, 2025 9:49am PDT
Last year, Benchmark, the storied venture capital firm, embarked on a lavish courtship of Brendan Foody, founder and CEO of Mercor, a startup that fills a lucrative niche in AI by hiring workers to train AI programs. First, General Partner Victor Lazarte chatted with Foody over Zoom. Then Peter Fenton, the firm’s longest-tenured active GP, took... Last year, Benchmark, the storied venture capital firm, embarked on a lavish courtship of Brendan...
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The Briefing

Amazon’s Cloud Lifts

By Martin Peers · Oct 30, 2025 5:10pm PDT
The cloud over Amazon is lifting. The e-commerce and cloud giant reported Thursday that its cloud unit, Amazon Web Services, accelerated revenue growth by nearly 3 percentage points to 20% in the third quarter, its fastest rate of expansion since the end of 2022. That means AWS, by far the biggest of the major cloud firms, has joined its nearest... The cloud over Amazon is lifting. The e-commerce and cloud giant reported Thursday that its cloud...
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AI Agenda

AI Leaders Get Practical; Gemini’s Ascent

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Oct 30, 2025 7:00am PDT
At our Women in Tech, Media and Finance conference Wednesday, AI leaders from Microsoft, PagerDuty and Index Ventures got into the nitty gritty of what it’s like to invest in, develop, buy and use AI products. Our top takeaways.1. Not everyone’s a fan of vibe coding. Lucy Guo, the CEO of creator startup Passes and a cofounder of data labeling... At our Women in Tech, Media and Finance conference Wednesday, AI leaders from Microsoft, ...
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The Briefing

What Google, Meta and Microsoft Numbers Revealed

By Martin Peers · Oct 29, 2025 5:00pm PDT
Mark Zuckerberg is doubling down on AI—again. And the cost is mounting. Meta Platforms reported Wednesday that its increased investment in AI, both for hiring star AI researchers and for investing billions in data centers, hurt its operating profit margins and squeezed its free cash flow by one-third in the third quarter. Since the end of last... Mark Zuckerberg is doubling down on AI—again. And the cost is mounting. Meta Platforms reported...
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Google Investigates Weekslong Security Breach Involving Contractor

By Sylvia Varnham O'Regan and Erin Woo · Oct 25, 2025 11:12am PDT · 2 comments
Google is investigating a breach of its security systems involving a contractor who took almost 2,000 screenshots and sensitive internal files, including information related to Google’s Play store systems and guardrails, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The contractor sent the images to an unidentified outsider, the person... Google is investigating a breach of its security systems involving a contractor who took almost...
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Deep Research

Why OpenAI Just Declared War on Google’s $100 Billion Search Moat

By The Information Staff · Oct 22, 2025 1:09pm PDT · 1 comment
OpenAI has launched a direct strategic assault on Google’s advertising empire by introducing its new AI browser, ChatGPT Atlas. This is a high-stakes move that positions the AI model as the ultimate user interface for all web activity, aiming to entirely bypass the traditional search page where Google makes its money. This aggressive move forces... OpenAI has launched a direct strategic assault on Google’s advertising empire by introducing its...