Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees that “the stakes are high” for 2025, due to increased competition in the AI industry.
“I think 2025 will be critical,” Pichai said in a strategy meeting with other Google leaders. “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. These are disruptive moments. In 2025, we need to be relentlessly focused on unlocking the benefits of this technology and solve real user problems.”
Google’s 2024 annual revenue was $339.859 billion, a 14.38% increase from the previous year.
In 2024, Google produced strong revenue growth in areas like search ads and cloud; however, the company faced many challenges, including legal battles, culture clashes, and worries about Pichai’s vision for the future.
“It’s not lost on me that we are facing scrutiny across the world,” Pichai admitted. “It comes with our size and success. It’s part of a broader trend where tech is now impacting society at scale. So more than ever, through this moment, we have to make sure we don’t get distracted.”
2025 will be a big year for Google, as the company attempts to stay on top, with its main focus being on Gemini, its AI model. “With the Gemini app, there is strong momentum, particularly over the last few months,” Pichai stated. “But 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,” Pichai added.
Pichai revealed that Gemini 1.5 is currently leading OpenAI’s GPT and other competitors in the market, “I expect some back and forth” in 2025, Pichai said. “I think we’ll be state of the art.”
By CEO NA Editorial Staff
