Google expanded its return-to-office mandate and offered voluntary buyouts for some US-based employees on Tuesday, according to an internal memo viewed by Business Insider.Employees on Google’s Core, Marketing, Research, Knowledge & Information (K&I), and Communications teams all received the buyout offers. K&I includes teams working on Search, ads and commerce.The…
Staying current in a world that’s rapidly evolving isn’t easy. Just ask Google Cloud’s chief technology officer, Will Grannis, who says he’s been at it for a few decades.Keeping up with the times amid the AI revolution doesn’t mean ditching what you’ve learned in the past, though. Grannis said a…
Artificial intelligence is a bit like constructing office buildings.For months or years, the ground has been a big hole, and it looks like nothing’s happening. Then, suddenly, the steel framework goes up, followed by the walls and windows. The bit we all see often takes a lot less time. The…
OpenAI and iPhone designer Jony Ive’s nearly $6.5 billion deal got the tech industry talking last week — and Google’s CEO has now weighed in.Like many tech leaders, Google CEO Sundar Pichai is leading his company through a mission to build out its AI empire with both software and hardware…
Google’s phones, tablets, and, yes, XR glasses are all about to be supercharged by AI.Google needs to seize this moment. Bank of America analysts this week even called Google’s slew of new AI announcements a “Trojan horse” for its device business.For years, Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android have battled it out.…
Google’s multibillion-dollar investments in artificial intelligence need to pay off eventually. Ads may be the answer.Google on Wednesday said it’s expanding ads within the search and shopping AI Overviews that appear at the top of results, going from mobile to desktop in the US. AI Overview ads are beginning to roll out…
Sundar Pichai said he still wonders about some decisions Google has made — one of them being that the company never acquired Netflix.The Google CEO gave a wide-ranging interview on the “All-In Podcast,” which posted Friday. At the end of the talk, host David Friedberg, a former Googler himself, asked…
There may not be many archaeologists in Silicon Valley, but perhaps there should be.A deep understanding of the past, after all, can offer insights into the future — especially when it comes to navigating technological change. That’s how Chelsey Fleming, a UX research lead at Google Labs who earned her…
AI agents are launching into product management, and one startup in the space is super-charging its growth with a fresh round of funding.The startup, ThriveAI, just launched from stealth and announced it raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding, Business Insider has learned exclusively. 500 Global led the funding round, which…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alana Karen, a 47-year-old ex-Google employee, author, tech leader, and speaker based in Palo Alto, California. It’s been edited for length and clarity.By the end of my 23-year career at Google, the company felt like my bad ex-boyfriend. The one who…
