An ex‑engineer told Fortune that Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Sundar Pichai all share a “ wild ” trait. Pichai insists the habit helped him climb to the Google top job , a lesson he repeats as a $7.2 billion AI chief. The comment appeared in a Fortune trend story on June 28, 2026.
At the same time, 24/7 Wall St. reports AI hunger is outpacing production even for Google. The company has limited Meta’s use of its advanced model, citing capacity strains that are hurting Meta’s AI projects. Google’s limit forces Meta to seek other models as its own AI rollout lags behind.