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Google is an American multinational technology company that focuses on artificial intelligence, online advertising, search engine technology, and cloud computing. It was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin and has since grown to offer many products and services including Gmail, Google Maps, Google Chrome, YouTube, Google Drive, Google Translate, and Android. Sundar Pichai currently serves as CEO of both Google and its parent company Alphabet.

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Google is an American multinational technology company that focuses on artificial intelligence, online advertising, search engine technology, and cloud computing. It was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin and has since grown to offer many products and services including Gmail, Google Maps, Google Chrome, YouTube, Google Drive, Google Translate, and Android. Sundar Pichai currently serves as CEO of both Google and its parent company Alphabet.

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Google

Google LLC (/ˈɡuːɡəl/ ⓘ) is an American


multinational
Google LLC
technology company focusing on artificial intelligence,[9]
online advertising, search engine technology, cloud
computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-
commerce, and consumer electronics. It has been referred
to as "the most powerful company in the world"[10] and as
one of the world's most valuable brands due to its market The Google logo used since 2015
dominance, data collection, and technological advantages
in the field of artificial intelligence.[11][12][13] Google's
parent company Alphabet Inc. is one of the five Big Tech
companies, alongside Amazon, Apple Inc., Meta, and
Microsoft.

Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by American


computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they
were PhD students at Stanford University in California.
Together they own about 14% of its publicly listed shares
and control 56% of its stockholder voting power through Google's headquarters, the Googleplex
super-voting stock. The company went public via an initial Formerly Google Inc. (1998–
public offering (IPO) in 2004. In 2015, Google was 2017)
reorganized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Company type Subsidiary
Google is Alphabet's largest subsidiary and is a holding
Traded as NASDAQ: GOOGL,
company for Alphabet's internet properties and interests.
GOOG
Sundar Pichai was appointed CEO of Google on October 24,
2015, replacing Larry Page, who became the CEO of Industry Internet
Alphabet. On December 3, 2019, Pichai also became the Cloud computing
CEO of Alphabet.[14] Computer software
Computer hardware
The company has since rapidly grown to offer a multitude
of products and services beyond Google Search, many of Artificial intelligence
which hold dominant market positions. These products Advertising
address a wide range of use cases, including email (Gmail), Founded September 4, 1998[a]
navigation (Waze & Maps), cloud computing (Cloud), web in Menlo Park,
browsing (Chrome), video sharing (YouTube), productivity California, United
(Workspace), operating systems (Android), cloud storage States
(Drive), language translation (Translate), photo storage
(Photos), video calling (Meet), smart home (Nest), Founders Larry Page
smartphones (Pixel), wearable technology (Pixel Watch & Sergey Brin
Fitbit), music streaming (YouTube Music), video on Headquarters Googleplex, Mountain
demand (YouTube TV), artificial intelligence (Google View, California, U.S.
Assistant & Bard), machine learning APIs (TensorFlow), AI
Area served Worldwide
chips (TPU), and more. Discontinued Google products
include gaming (Stadia), Glass, Google+, Reader, Play Key people Sundar Pichai (CEO)
Music, Nexus, Hangouts, and Inbox by Gmail.[15][16] Ruth Porat (CFO)
Thomas Kurian (CEO
of Google Cloud)

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