Sundar Pichai gives Stanford's 2026 Commencement address
Pichai drew on his path from Chennai to Silicon Valley and urged graduates to reframe obstacles and deliberately choose hard problems.
Sundar Pichai
CEO, Alphabet & Google, Director, Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL)
The CEO view
Leads overall strategy for Alphabet and Google; joined Google in 2004; became Google CEO in 2015 and Alphabet CEO in 2019.
Podcasts, interviews & articles
8 recorded appearances
2026
How Sundar Pichai is rethinking Google for the AI era
Pichai talked through reorganizing Google around AI products, how Search changes when answers become agentic tasks, and the tension with publishers and the open web.
Sundar Pichai on A.I. Backlash, the Future of Work and Google's Next Era
He addressed public backlash against AI, what it does to entry-level knowledge work, and defended Google's pace of shipping AI into consumer products.
Sundar Pichai Opening Remarks | I/O 2026 Keynote
Pichai framed the year around making AI useful in everyday products rather than benchmarks, walking through Gemini model progress, coding, and agent capabilities.
Beyond the keynote with Sundar Pichai
A follow-up sit-down with Matt Berman going deeper on the I/O announcements and the long-term vision behind them.
Sundar Pichai Reveals What AI Will Do Next
Pichai discussed AI reshaping decision-making, the rise of personal AI assistants, and Google's responsibility framing.
The history and future of AI at Google, with Sundar Pichai
With Collison and Elad Gil, Pichai put 2026 capex at $175-185B, called this the year of the supply crunch in memory and power, and described Search becoming an 'agent manager' running many task threads.
2025
Full interview: Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the 'AI boom' and the future of AI
With the BBC's Faisal Islam, Pichai conceded elements of irrationality in the AI investment boom while arguing the underlying capability gains and infrastructure need are real.