30 October 2026

Google's chief business officer says AI Mode earns less than search

First reported

Platformer ran this on 30 October, 2 days before the next source picked it up.

AI Mode is Google's feature that answers questions with written summaries instead of a list of links to websites.
Google's search revenue grew 12% in the quarter to $63.4 billion, while Meta's ad revenue grew 26% to $63.1 billion.

Our read

Only Platformer among the 30 tracked newsletters covered this story, which was also reported by CNBC. It follows the August 28, 2026 archive story on Google adding flight and hotel booking to AI Mode search.

Earlier on this story

Aug 28Google adds flight and hotel booking to AI Mode search
Aug 17OpenAI's Chief Revenue Officer departs after eight months

Written by Newskeryx from which newsletters covered this story and from our own archive.

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Reported by CNBC