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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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OpenAI Boost Revenue Forecasts, Predicts $111 Billion More Cash Burn Through 2030

By Sri Muppidi and Stephanie Palazzolo · Feb 20, 2026 2:44pm PST
OpenAI recently hiked its revenue outlook for the next five years, predicting that it would generate about 27% more than previously forecast from sales of its ChatGPT subscriptions, AI models, and newer business lines such as advertising and hardware, according to financial forecasts. But it warned it will burn more than twice as much cash... OpenAI recently hiked its revenue outlook for the next five years, predicting that it would...
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OpenAI Plans to Price Smart Speaker at $200 to $300, as AI Device Team Takes Shape

By Stephanie Palazzolo and Qianer Liu · Feb 20, 2026 6:00am PST
OpenAI has more than 200 people working on a family of AI-powered devices that will include a smart speaker and possibly smart glasses and a smart lamp, according to a person with knowledge of the plans. New details are starting to emerge about the group and its development strategy. The smart speaker—the first device OpenAI will... OpenAI has more than 200 people working on a family of AI-powered devices that will include a...
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AI Agenda

Startup Developing GPS Alternative for Physical AI Earns $1 Billion-Valuation

By Katie Roof · Feb 19, 2026 7:00am PST · 1 comment
Over the last two years, investors and researchers have flocked to startups helping bring AI into the physical world, from developing robot hands to the AI models that train robots to software to train self-driving cars. Now one startup says it can solve a perennial problem for robots and other AI-powered systems: getting precise location... Over the last two years, investors and researchers have flocked to startups helping bring AI into...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi today. Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images.
The Briefing

What OpenAI's Funding Says About Google's Value

By Martin Peers · Feb 19, 2026 5:00pm PST
The nervous Nellies in the investor community sold tech stocks again on Thursday, dragging down the Nasdaq 0.4%. Sounds like a normal day in February 2026, you might say. But it’s striking how anxieties about the disruption caused by AI continue to weigh on stock prices, including those of leading AI firms like Google, even as private AI leaders... The nervous Nellies in the investor community sold tech stocks again on Thursday, dragging down...
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Anthropic Could Share Up to $6.4 Billion With Amazon, Google and Microsoft in 2027

By Sri Muppidi and Catherine Perloff · Feb 17, 2026 4:46pm PST · 2 comments
Anthropic expects to pay Amazon, Google and Microsoft at least $80 billion to run its Claude AI on their cloud servers through 2029, according to the startup’s most optimistic recent forecasts. That’s not the only way the tech giants can make money from Anthropic: They get a cut of the revenue Anthropic generates if their customers buy its AI. ... Anthropic expects to pay Amazon, Google and Microsoft at least $80 billion to run its Claude AI...
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The Briefing

AI Is Magnifying Google and Meta’s Edge in Ads

By Martin Peers · Feb 16, 2026 3:00pm PST
We could see a brief shift away from obsessive AI talk this week. On Wednesday, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is due to testify in the Los Angeles trial hearing a lawsuit filed by a young California woman against big tech firms, namely Google and Meta. The woman claims her social media addiction led to depression and suicidal thoughts, as ... We could see a brief shift away from obsessive AI talk this week. On Wednesday, Meta Platforms...