Alphabet is vertically integrated from chips and AI to autonomous robotics
Marc Benioff · Marc Benioff on AI Agents' Biggest Problem · Oct 17, 2025 · at 5:30
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff discusses full-stack vertical integration across AI, referencing his interview with Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
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“He's got the data center, he's got the chip, right? Tensor, right? He's got, he does a lot of the operating system type work, including the model, you know, the Gemini model, the applications he does as well, and he even gets all the way to the robotic layer, right? So, here he's got these Waymos running around the street. What other company is going from robot to chip, you know, to data center?”
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