Golden Finance reported that Google (GOOG.O) CEO Pichai told employees last week that "the risks are high and the bets are big" in 2025 as the company faces increasing competition, regulatory obstacles and the rapid development of artificial intelligence. Pichai said that "building big new businesses" is a top priority, including the Gemini app. Executives said they believe Gemini will be Google's next app to reach 500 million users. The company currently has 15 apps reaching this milestone. Pichai said: "Gemini applications have gained momentum, especially in the past few months. But we still have some work to do in 2025 to close the gap and establish leadership in this field." He later added: "Next year "Promoting Gemini on the consumer side will be our top priority." In addition, Pichai showed a large language model chart with Gemini 1.5 ahead of OpenAI's GPT and other competitors. "I expect there will be some back-and-forth in 2025," Pichai said. "I think we'll be at the state of the art." "Historically, you don't always need to be first, but you have to execute very well," he said. Well, to be the best in its class. I think that’s what 2025 is about.” (Golden Ten)