Google — once considered slow to respond in the explosive global AI race — has now firmly re-established itself as a frontrunner with the launch of Gemini 3, its most advanced AI model yet. The tech giant’s latest breakthroughs, strategic partnerships, and soaring investor confidence signal that Google is no longer trailing behind OpenAI, Anthropic, or other AI rivals. Instead, it is fully awake and aggressively accelerating its position in the artificial intelligence ecosystem.
Over the past three years, Google faced widespread criticism for “sleeping on AI,” especially after ChatGPT disrupted the industry. Even internal voices, including a former Google CEO and an engineer, echoed concerns that the company was losing momentum. But Gemini 3 has dramatically changed that narrative.
The newly launched Gemini 3 Pro has shot to the top of major AI performance leaderboards, including LMArena and Humanity’s Last Exam, earning praise for its exceptional reasoning, coding skills, and reliability in handling edge cases that typically confuse competing chatbots. Analysts now say the model closes the capability gap and positions Google as a true AI powerhouse.
Google’s resurgence is powered not only by breakthrough models but also by strategic industry collaborations. The company’s chip partnership with Anthropic, rising demand for Google’s TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) chips — one of the few real alternatives to Nvidia’s GPUs — and continued AI-driven growth in Google Cloud highlight its expanding influence in enterprise AI.
A recent report that Meta Platforms is considering Google’s AI chips sent Alphabet’s stock soaring, further boosting confidence. Since October, Alphabet has added nearly $1 trillion in market value—helped by strong AI sentiment and Warren Buffett’s $4.9 billion investment in the company.
On Tuesday, Alphabet shares rose 1.5% to $323.44, placing its market cap near $4 trillion, signaling Wall Street’s belief that Google has fully re-entered the AI race with force, innovation, and long-term momentum. With Gemini 3 redefining AI benchmarks and Google scaling its AI infrastructure globally, the “sleeping giant” is no longer asleep — it is wide awake and leading the future of AI.
