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Sundar Pichai

Chief Executive Officer & Director, Alphabet Google

Search every verified Sundar Pichai interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Sundar Pichai spoke at Google Cloud's Gemini at Work event in October 2026, where he discussed enterprise adoption of the company's AI products. He stated that nearly 80% of Google Cloud customers are actively using its AI products and that nearly 500 enterprise customers processed over one trillion tokens on the platform in the past year. He also said the Gemini app has one billion users and that nearly 90% of Fortune 100 companies use Gemini Enterprise at work. During the event, he described the company's full-stack approach to AI and introduced features such as Gemini agents with memory capabilities and integrations with BigQuery and the Knowledge Catalog. Pichai also participated in a White House AI luncheon with President Donald Trump and other technology executives in late September 2026. During that meeting, Trump referred to Pichai as a "monster" in a remark that went viral; Pichai responded with humor, saying he hoped for "a better tagline." Pichai discussed the benefits and risks of AI, saying the technology has "incredible benefits" and "very real risks," and emphasized the importance of winning the AI race while addressing safety. He also commented on the evolution of jobs, saying that roles will change but that unemployment has not increased and there is "tremendous demand for people." In a February 2026 appearance at the World Governments Summit, Pichai discussed quantum computing progress, saying a computation performed in five minutes would have taken a supercomputer over 10 septillion years, and predicted practically useful quantum computers within five to ten years. He said it is "too early to regulate" quantum technology but that governments should prepare for it, particularly regarding encryption.

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“We have one billion users now on the Gemini app, and we are seeing a clear shift. They are not just asking Gemini to know things. They are using Gemini to do things. For businesses, you are already ahead of the curve on agents. Last year at Gemini at Work, we announced Gemini Enterprise, a front door for building agents for different purposes and tasks. And today, nearly 90% of Fortune 100 use Gemini Enterprise at wo”

“Enterprise adoption is moving faster than most people realize. Nearly 80% of all Google Cloud customers are actively using our AI products. And they are not just using it. They're using it intensely. Nearly 500 Enterprise customers have each processed over one trillion tokens on our platform in the last year. This kind of scale tells us we are moving from a period of experimentation to fully integrating AI into your ”

“Well, first of all, uh really proud to be here today. As an industry, I think this moment is historic and consequential. And I think there are extraordinary benefits to this technology. You can see it in the GDP growth we see. We have to make sure we are addressing the risks. And the President has asked us as an industry to step up. And we want to make sure we're putting out products safely. And as Mark said, we are ”

“Well, jobs are going to change. Jobs have always changed. It could being a computer used to be a job. It used to be bubbling full of people doing calculations. But now digital computers do those tasks. I don't think anyone is pining to go back and do calculations all day to do bank interest rates, which is what they used to do. So, I think we'll see an evolution of roles. And as President has mentioned, it's not as t”

“Look, I mean, I will say what I've always said, which is that AI has incredible benefits. I've talked about the medical benefits of the technology. As the president has said, whoever wins AI wins. I think that's very important. But I think the technology has very real risks. And the mechanism, how we address those risks, is still under discussion. But we all need to work together to make sure that we can win and we c”

“I think the consensus today around that national security issue was being the leader in America in AI is the most important thing for national security. I think everybody agreed on that today. Winning the AI race is winning and we need to do that. That's the first principle. Second principle that was discussed all day today was putting the American people first in that race. And I think everybody came together around”

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