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Google's AI Comeback: Sergey Brin Becomes 3rd Richest, Alphabet Nears $4 Trillion

[HPP] Noam ShazeerNovember 26, 20253 min
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Sergey Brin's Wealth Surge

  • πŸ’° Sergey Brin became the world's third richest person, surpassing Oracle's Larry Ellison, according to Forbes' realtime billionaires list.
  • πŸ“ˆ Brin's net worth jumped by $6.4 billion in one day to $248.4 billion, with Larry Page also becoming the second wealthiest globally.
  • πŸš€ Both Google co-founders added billions to their wealth in a short period, driven by Alphabet's strong stock performance.

Alphabet's Market Rally

  • πŸ“Š Alphabet's stock has seen a "blistering rally," with a nearly 20% increase in one month and almost 70% year-to-date.
  • 🎯 This surge is propelling the Google parent company towards a historic $4 trillion market valuation.
  • πŸ’‘ The rally is fueled by renewed investor confidence in Google's AI roadmap, signaling a significant turnaround.

Google's AI Comeback with Gemini 3

  • 🧠 Google, once perceived as lagging in the AI race, is now experiencing a dramatic shift in momentum.
  • πŸš€ The company launched Gemini 3, a cutting-edge model that reportedly outperforms rivals like OpenAI on most benchmarks.
  • πŸ‘ Even Sam Altman publicly praised Gemini's capabilities, and a Salesforce executive switched from ChatGPT to Gemini for its smoother enterprise workflows.

Tensor Processing Units (TPUs)

  • πŸ’‘ Gemini 3 was trained entirely on Google's own chips, known as Tensor Processing Units (TPUs).
  • πŸ’° Google is now peddling its TPUs as a significantly cheaper alternative to Nvidia's GPUs.
  • 🀝 Model maker Anthropic plans to use up to 1 million Google TPUs, and Meta is reportedly in talks to integrate Google's chips into its data centers.
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