At the core of the update is Gemini-powered AI Overviews, which can automatically summarise long email threads and surface key points. Users can also ask questions directly within an email conversation.
According to the Hurun India Rich List 2025, Jayshree Ullal, President and CEO of Arista Networks, has emerged as the wealthiest Indian-origin executive globally
The Google CEO also expressed concern over the current AI investment boom, suggesting that while AI's growth has been "extraordinary," there is an element of "irrationality" driving the market.
The centerpiece of the consumer-facing announcement is a plan to roll out Google's AI Pro plan to eligible Jio users free of charge for 18 months. This offer, valued at Rs 35,100 per user.
From schools that reward memorization to families and offices that reward compliance and silence, Kochhar suggests that India’s societal wiring produces employees who thrive in structured environments—but not necessarily entrepreneurs who challenge the status quo.
“I think there is definitely a middle ground,” Kurian said. “AI should be seen less as a replacement for human talent and more as an amplifier of it.” His remarks reflect a growing sentiment among tech leaders who see AI as an accelerator of productivity, not a destroyer of employment.
What is undeniable, however, is that a handful of immigrant billionaires got their start on an H-1B, eventually building companies that employ tens of thousands and adding trillions in market value to the US economy.
Amid tightening H-1B visa rules in the United States, two major American companies have appointed Indian-origin executives to lead their organisations. T-Mobile will see Srinivas “Srini” Gopalan become CEO on 1 November, succeeding Mike Sievert. An IIM Ahmedabad alumnus, Gopalan has held senior roles at Hindustan Unilever, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Capital One and Deutsche Telekom, and has driven T-Mobile’s 5G and AI initiatives. Meanwhile, Molson Coors has named Rahul Goyal as CEO, effective 1 October. An engineering graduate from Mysore with an MBA from Denver, Goyal has spent over two decades with the company and will now steer it through declining demand and tariff pressures. These appointments underscore the growing presence of Indian-origin leaders in top US companies, following Satya Nadella at Microsoft and Sundar Pichai at Alphabet.
The fallout is sharpest in Silicon Valley, where IIT alumni have fueled decades of innovation. Titans like Sundar Pichai (Google), Satya Nadella (Microsoft), and Shantanu Narayen (Adobe) are all IIT products.
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski uses AI ‘vibe coding’ tools like Cursor to build prototypes in minutes, reshaping product development.
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