Sundar Pichai talks about innovation, Silicon Valley, and more in wide-ranging interview - 9to5Google

There was a fun anecdote about how he had ice cream with (current YouTube) CEO Susan Wojcicki during his interview, which happened to take place when Gmail was first announced on April 1, 2004.

It’s different and you know people are very optimistic and idealistic. .

Pichai: For sure, I think people understand what’s at stake, but even today it’s a place where people amplify your ideas.

And I still see that today and it’s something I think that’s very unique and something I value a lot. .

I think about are we innovating enough.

So that we are relevant 10 years from now, 20 years from now, 30 years from now.

You know, you can go back 10 years ago or 15 years ago and look at the top market cap companies.

That there are these companies which will somehow always be the most successful companies?

Throughout the interview, Pichai speaks about how Google cares about competition

The full interview with Sundar Pichai is available on BBC iPlayer if you’re in the UK