Pichai admits Google still needs to improve at coding and agentic coding
firstadopter · x · 2026-07-23
Sundar Pichai was pressed on Gemini's frontier-model progress and Google's lag in agentic coding, and his answer drew criticism from the author of the post.
The quote admits Google still needs to improve in coding and agentic coding, while insisting the company has frontier models and that the team is focused on the problem. The accompanying screenshot shows Alphabet shares down sharply after hours, adding to the drama around the exchange.
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