Search leader Google is all set to turn 25 on Monday. Born as a search engine, the incorporation of Google dates back to September 4. From the garage of Susan Wojcicki to new generative AI enhancements, the tech giant witnessed a series of resounding changes.
The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 during their PhD at Stanford University, California. It is now a part of the parent company Alphabet, which is headed by CEO Sundar Pichai. Since its initial days, the company diversified its reach by introducing several products and went public through an IPO in 2004.
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Besides Search, the popular services of Google include Gmail, Maps, Drive, Chrome, YouTube, Android, Workspace apps, Translate, Meet, Pixel product series, Assistant, Bard and more. Speaking of the top brass, Pichai replaced Page as the CEO in 2015 and went on to head parent Alphabet in 2019.
Moving to the current situation, the company is racing on the AI bandwagon with products like Bard and Duet AI for Workspace. The chat model currently supports more than 40 languages, including nine Indian ones and is available in 230+ countries. The company regularly fine-tunes its model to place it in a better situation in front of OpenAI's ChatGPT, the viral chatbot that is arguably the internet's favourite AI innovation lately.
The company is also witnessing an AI-puffed challenge from Microsoft's AI-powered Bing in the search market. Ever since the company introduced the new revamped Bing, the service has witnessed an exponential rise in terms of user base.
Coming to the hardware, Google is also gearing up for the announcement of the upcoming Pixel phones and Watch 2. The models may include the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro which would be the successors of the widely-popular Pixel 7 series. Plus, Pixel Watch's successor is also anticipated to launch at the event.