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Gerstner: Breaking up Google's search monopoly in 2025 is ridiculous

Brad Gerstner · Liberation Day, Tariffs, US v China Open Source, OpenAI, $CRWV, TikTok | BG2 · Bg2 Pod · Apr 4, 2025 · at 49:39

Brad Gerstner discusses Google's stock decline and looming competitive threats from generative AI and autonomous agents while criticizing the timing of antitrust actions.

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“I always get a, you know, a laugh out of the fact that finally in 2025, the first time we've actually had competition for Google, like very clear that competition is coming to all those categories, and now we get around to talking about breaking up their search monopoly. I mean, it's ridiculous.”

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