(Nov 17): While many other technology giants embrace the metaverse as the next frontier of growth, Sundar Pichai sees Google’s future in its oldest offering: Internet search. “There’s more need to organise information than ever before.”Earlier this month, Alphabet briefly crossed US$2 trillion (RM8.35 trillion) in market value, thanks to sales and profit growth during the Covid-19 pandemic. When asked where the next trillion would come from, Pichai pointed to his company’s core service. “Being able to adapt to all that and evolve search will continue to be the biggest opportunity,” the CEO said. Since taking over Google in 2015, Pichai has pushed the company deeper into cloud computing and artificial intelligence, while facing an increase in regulatory scrutiny.

Source: The Edge Markets November 17, 2021 21:17 UTC