Google Cloud’s AI push is winning clients: Thomas Kurian

Google may be a late entrant to the cloud business that’s dominated by the likes of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, but it’s doubled its market share in the last five years under the leadership of the division’s CEO Thomas Kurian, 58. Apart from turning Google Cloud into a profitable business, he’s also using the parent’s AI prowess through Gemini to turbo charge the sales engine of the $36 billion arm. In an exclusive interview, Kurian, a top lieutenant of Sundar Pichai led behemoth, spoke about a wide range of issues, including AI adoption in India, the exorbitant price of GPU-guzzling GenAI, and the need for data sovereignty and privacy.