Google grows 15% amid antitrust controversies

However, during this quarter (which runs from July to September) Google lost a lawsuit in which it was found guilty of violating United States antitrust law in search engines and advertising.

As part of this process, the Department of Justice has proposed that Google sell some of the most important divisions of its business, such as Chrome, Android or Google Play, which the company has considered too “radical.”

Likewise, the DoJ mentions that the company would not be able to take advantage of products and functions related to its search tool, such as access points or Artificial Intelligence, over its rivals or new market entrants.

According to the lawyers, Google has too much control over the distribution of searches, in addition to paying money to manufacturers, such as Apple, to be the default browser option on its devices, something that “rivals cannot compete” and “disincentivizes divert queries to Google’s competition.”

Google’s cloud in rapid growth

Google Cloud, the cloud computing division, posted revenue of $11.35 billion, surpassing other major divisions of the company, such as YouTube, which posted $8.92 billion.

This figure for Cloud is almost a 35% increase compared to last year and the company attributes it to its Artificial Intelligence offerings, which are increasingly used both at the business and end-user level.

In fact, Pichai noted that this performance positions them to take advantage of a differentiated approach in the field of AI based on three components that make them stand out. The first is its “robust” infrastructure that includes data centers, chips and a global fiber network.

The second is the deep, technical research teams that drive the work around AI, while the third is the global reach of its products and platforms that reach billions of people.