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A Second Look: Assessing the Durability of Google’s Search Margins Amid the Shift to AI-Driven Search Models
Ticker(s): GOOG, MSFT, OpenAI, Anthropic- Senior Scientific and Business Transformation Leader with 20+ years of experience driving analytics, machine learning, and cloud modernization initiatives at Google, eBay, Teradata, and Optum. Specializes in Generative Search, LLM integration, and AI infrastructure, aligning advanced technologies with measurable, enterprise-scale business impact.
- Founder and Chief Scientist at Blue Fermion, an applied-AI company combining an R&D venture studio and strategic advisory practice focused on LLM integration, AI governance, and cost optimization. Blue Fermion’s mission is to help organizations operationalize AI with scientific rigor, modern architectures, and scalable, results-driven design.
- Former Google Engineering Leader, currently developing Demeterics, an enterprise generative-AI platform described as “Google Analytics for Generative AI.” The system provides LLM observability, real-time cost analytics, and unified reverse-proxy APIs for OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Groq—enabling organizations to govern usage, optimize spend, and deploy safer agentic systems.
How differentiated are Google’s data, infrastructure, and ad marketplace in an AI world?
Are Google’s search margins sustainable?
What’s the demand outlook for classic search versus AI search in the short, mid, and long term?
How will LLMs impact monetization, ad load, and search profitability?
What is the outlook for Google Search as AI changes how users search?
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