Google CEO Sundar Pichai to testify in US antitrust trial

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc and its subsidiary Google, will testify on Monday in the once-in-a generation antitrust fight with the U.S. government over Google’s dominance of search and some parts of search advertising.

Pichai, who is being called as a witness for Google, will likely be asked about the company’s investments aimed at keeping its online search engine dominant, especially as smartphones took over, and innovation in search advertising.

The government, in cross examination, will likely also ask why the company pays billions of dollars annually to ensure that Google search is the default in smartphones.