In an internal memo addressed to the Gemini AI team, Brin—whose net worth is estimated at $144 billion—emphasized that “60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity”, urging employees to work from the office every weekday to accelerate progress.
Brin’s push comes amid escalating competition in AI, with Google’s Gemini models facing pressure from OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s AI innovations. He told engineers to leverage Google’s AI models to write code more efficiently, stating that doing so would help them become “the most efficient coders and AI scientists in the world.”
Google’s memo follows a trend of tech leaders advocating longer workweeks. Last year, Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy suggested a 70-hour workweek, while L&T Chairman SN Subrahmanyan recently proposed an even more extreme 90-hour workweek.
