HEAD OF THE DAY
🇮🇳 Sundar Pichai
🧑💻 From Programmer to Global Tech Navigator
Born in India and educated at IIT Kharagpur and Stanford, Sundar Pichai rose from software engineer to CEO of Google (2015) and later to CEO of Alphabet (2019).
He Turned Google Into an AI-Driven Powerhouse: revenue climbed past USD 300 billion, Google Cloud became a key growth engine, Gemini hit 450 million users in 2025, AI Mode surpassed 100 million in the U.S. and India, and AI Overviews are now used by around 2 billion people.
Pichai poured USD 85 billion into data centers and AI hardware, launched the Pixel 10 with the Tensor G5 chip, and reintroduced in-person job interviews to curb AI misuse.
👉 Lesson learned: Innovation requires strong leadership, ambition, and trust. The goal must be clearly defined, but the course has to be adjusted again and again.
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