GenAI will help programmers move faster: Google Cloud CEO Thomas Curian

NEW DELHI: Google Cloud was a distant third to AWS and Microsoft Azure when Thomas Kurian made the surprise move from Oracle, where he was president, to lead Google’s cloud business in 2018. Google couldn’t have asked for better. The Bengaluru boy revitalised the business. Revenue surged. In the June quarter, Google Cloud posted a second consecutive profitable quarter, with an operating profit of $395 million and a revenue of over $8 billion. But now, with Microsoft taking the lead in generative AI, Kurian and his boss, Sundar Pichai, have a new challenge. Kurian, who is currently on his first visit to India as Google Cloud CEO, spoke about the transformative power of genAI, and Google Cloud’s offerings in the space. Excerpts

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