Google CEO Sundar Pichai Thanks Trump After Landmark Antitrust Win: “I’m Glad It’s Over”
At a White House dinner with top tech leaders, President Donald Trump congratulated Google CEO Sundar Pichai and co-founder Sergey Brin following Alphabet’s favorable outcome in a major antitrust case.
“Well, you had a very good day yesterday,” Trump said as he called on Pichai during the dinner. “Google had a very good day yesterday. Do you want to talk about that big day you had yesterday?”
Earlier this week, Alphabet’s market value surged by $230 billion after a U.S. District Court ruling spared Google from a potential corporate breakup. The Justice Department had previously found Google guilty of holding an unlawful monopoly in search, but Judge Amit Mehta rejected the harshest penalties. Shares of Alphabet soared immediately after the decision.
“I’m glad it’s over,” Pichai responded with a smile, drawing laughter from the guests.
Acknowledging the lengthy legal battle, Pichai said: “It’s been a long process. We appreciate that your administration maintained a constructive dialogue, which helped us reach this resolution.”
The conversation then shifted to artificial intelligence, with Pichai emphasizing the importance of America leading the AI revolution. “This is one of the most transformative moments of our time. Under your leadership, the U.S. has already launched the AI Action Plan, which is a strong step forward. We look forward to collaborating further,” he said.
The initiative, titled “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan,” outlines 90 federal policy measures across three pillars: accelerating AI innovation, building national AI infrastructure, and strengthening U.S. leadership in global diplomacy and security. One notable section prohibits AI systems from embedding “Woke AI” or “ideological dogmas such as DEI” (diversity, equity, and inclusion).
Meanwhile, Google remains entangled in another legal matter involving Trump himself. The former president has an active lawsuit against YouTube, accusing the platform of unlawful censorship after his social media accounts were suspended following the Jan. 6 Capitol incident.
Earlier in the day, Pichai had also joined the White House’s AI Education Taskforce event hosted by First Lady Melania Trump.
During the dinner exchange, Trump interjected: “Biden was the one who prosecuted that lawsuit, you know that right?”—referring to the DOJ monopoly case. However, the case was originally filed during Trump’s first term, a detail Pichai chose not to correct.
