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Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:00): It feels like something has changed internally at Google. Just last week, Google Gemini hit the number one app in the App Store. I feel like nobody saw this coming. Robby Stein (00:00:08): Google's mission around have any information be universally accessible, this very enduring, very motivating thing, and it feels like with the AI moment, we can actually achieve that more than ever before. What I'm feeling now is just an incredible sense of focus and urgency....
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I'd: The rise of AI Mode, strategy behind AI Overviews, and their vision for AI-powered search | Robby Stein (VP of Product, Google Search)" date: "2025-10-10" type: "podcast" guest: "Robby Stein"...
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Lenny Rachitsky (01:20:20): Incredible story, thank you for sharing that. So many lessons to take away. Two final questions, where can folks find online if they want to...
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Robby Stein (00:09:29): And then just take a picture of your bookshelf and say, "What are the books I should get based on these books?" And AI can help you with those things now, just...
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It feels like you guys are doing just fine. What can you share about just the, I don't know, the state of Google search specifically, and then we'll talk about AI Mode. Just how is traffic going, how is search...
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Robby Stein (01:21:08): Thank you, it was great. Lenny Rachitsky (01:21:09): It was...
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