By TOI Tech Desk
Publication Date: 2025-11-22 08:21:00
Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivered a ‘caution’ to employees during a recent all-hands meeting, warning that 2026 will be an “intense” year marked by heightened competition in artificial intelligence (AI) and mounting pressure to satisfy cloud computing demand. Pichai told the gathering that the workers cannot rest on their laurels and that there’s a lot of work to be done in this competitive moment. During the gathering, Pichai also addressed growing concerns about a potential AI investment bubble, a topic that is being increasingly debated among Silicon Valley executives and Wall Street analysts as skepticism mounts over whether trillions of dollars in projected AI spending can be justified.“Amid significant AI investments and market talk of a potential AI bubble burst, how are we thinking about ensuring long-term sustainability and profitability if the AI market doesn’t mature as expected?” Pichai read aloud a question posed by an employee. Pichai acknowledged the…