Google Cloud CEO on huge investments, AI and challenges in 2024

CEO Thomas Kurian dives into Google Cloud’s biggest market opportunity, investments, partner strategy and toughest challenges facing the company in 2024

Mark Haranas
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Thomas Kurian, CEO, Google Cloud

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian has some bold investment plans in store for the $37bn cloud company this year around cybersecurity, collaboration and generative AI, with Google partners being the ti...

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