Overview

• Sundar Pichai says AI tools are boosting engineer productivity by handling routine tasks and will fuel hiring through 2026
• 2025 layoffs have been targeted to fewer than 100 roles in Google Cloud and several hundred in the platforms and devices division
• Alphabet cut around 12,000 jobs in 2023 and more than 1,000 in 2024 before scaling back its reductions this year
• Expansion in ventures like Waymo autonomous vehicles, quantum computing projects and YouTube’s surge in India highlight new growth areas
• Pichai acknowledged valid concerns about AI-driven job displacement and warned that the path to artificial general intelligence remains uncertain