GOOGL ▲ +0.0% - Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL co-founder Sergey Brin has become increasingly influential over Gemini and has been aggressively pushing teams to move faster, cut through bureaucracy, and focus more heavily on recursive self-improvement as Google races to make Gemini 4 a major leap. - BI Alphabet shares held flat despite reported internal shifts in AI development strategy, as co-founder Sergey Brin has taken a more hands-on role accelerating Gemini's progress and pushing for faster iteration cycles aimed at making Gemini 4 a significant advancement in the company's competitive AI efforts. 09-SEP-2026 05:22 AM ET