{"slug": "google-ceo-pichai-says-gemini-s-next-leap-depends-on-building-much-larger-base", "title": "Google CEO Pichai says Gemini's next leap depends on building \"much larger base models\"", "summary": "Alphabet raised its 2026 investment forecast to as much as $205 billion, citing demand that continues to outpace spending, as Google Cloud grew 82 percent in the second quarter. CEO Sundar Pichai said Google needs a larger base model for its next leap in AI and has kicked off an ambitious Gemini 4 training run.", "body_md": "Alphabet has raised its 2026 investment forecast to as much as $205 billion, saying demand continues to outpace spending. Google Cloud grew 82 percent in the second quarter. CEO Sundar Pichai says Google needs a larger base model for its next leap in AI and has kicked off an ambitious Gemini 4 training run.\n\nThe article [Google CEO Pichai says Gemini's next leap depends on building \"much larger base models\"](https://the-decoder.com/google-ceo-pichai-says-geminis-next-leap-depends-on-building-much-larger-base-models/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-ceo-pichai-says-gemini-s-next-leap-depends-on-building-much-larger-base", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/google-ceo-pichai-says-geminis-next-leap-depends-on-building-much-larger-base-models/", "published_at": "2026-07-23 11:19:57+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-23 11:27:11.967410+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Alphabet", "Google Cloud", "Sundar Pichai", "Gemini"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-ceo-pichai-says-gemini-s-next-leap-depends-on-building-much-larger-base", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-ceo-pichai-says-gemini-s-next-leap-depends-on-building-much-larger-base.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-ceo-pichai-says-gemini-s-next-leap-depends-on-building-much-larger-base.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-ceo-pichai-says-gemini-s-next-leap-depends-on-building-much-larger-base.jsonld"}}