For the latest episode of the Google AI: Release Notes podcast, host Logan Kilpatrick sat down with CEO Sundar Pichai last week to discuss the extraordinary progress — and future — of AI at Google.

Sundar shared the thinking behind going “AI-first” all the way back in 2016, setting up key investments that led the company to this moment. And beyond current releases like Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro, he also shared his excitement about long-term bets for the next decade, like quantum computing. "I think in about five years we'll be having breathless excitement about quantum, hopefully, like we are having with AI today,” he said.

Watch the full conversation below, or listen to the Google AI: Release Notes podcast on YouTube, Apple Podcasts or Spotify.