The company behind Google Chat
Google, the largest business of Alphabet, makes Google Workspace, which includes Chat and Meet and is sold by subscription. Alphabet earned more than 70% of its 2025 revenue from online advertising.
Read on Oct 6, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Google Chat at a glance
- Chief executive
- Sundar Pichai
- Founded
- 1998
- Based in
- Mountain View, California
- Team
- 190,820 people
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
Google Chat's CEO and founders
The people Google names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there.
Company details
- Ownership
- Publicly traded. Google LLC is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., whose Class A and Class C shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as GOOGL and GOOG, according to Alphabet's annual report for 2025. sec.gov
- Founded
- 1998 about.google
- Based in
- Mountain View, California about.google
- Team
- Alphabet, Google's parent, reported 190,820 employees as of December 31, 2025. sec.gov
- Hiring
- Google Careers lists 3,138 open jobs across the whole company, with no filter applied. google.com
- Referral program
- Google Workspace Referral Program: a one-time cash reward per new user, in the United States USD 8 for Business Starter, USD 15 for Business Standard and USD 23 for Business Plus, for up to 100 users per referred account and 200 users a year. workspace.google.com
- Affiliate program
- Google Workspace Affiliate Program, joined through CJ Affiliate, for people who refer at least 100 users a year. Pays per new user, for up to 300 users per account, with no annual cap; rates vary by country and edition. workspace.google.com
Google Chat on social media and the web
- Blog · blog.google
- Changelog · workspaceupdates.googleblog.com
- Status page · google.com
- Careers · google.com
Only accounts Google links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
Google Chat news and launches
Other tools by Google
Questions about Google Chat the company
Who is the CEO of Google Chat?
Sundar Pichai is CEO of Google and Alphabet, according to blog.google, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
Who founded Google Chat?
Larry Page and Sergey Brin are named as founders of Google, which was founded in 1998.
Is Google Chat funded by investors?
Google LLC is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., whose Class A and Class C shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as GOOGL and GOOG, according to Alphabet's annual report for 2025. Its money comes from the listed company, not from rounds of its own.
Who owns Google Chat?
Google LLC is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., whose Class A and Class C shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as GOOGL and GOOG, according to Alphabet's annual report for 2025.
Where is Google Chat based?
Google gives its base as Mountain View, California.
How many people work at Google Chat?
Alphabet, Google's parent, reported 190,820 employees as of December 31, 2025.
Is Google Chat hiring?
Google Careers lists 3,138 open jobs across the whole company, with no filter applied.
Does Google Chat have an affiliate program?
Google Workspace Referral Program: a one-time cash reward per new user, in the United States USD 8 for Business Starter, USD 15 for Business Standard and USD 23 for Business Plus, for up to 100 users per referred account and 200 users a year.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 6, 2026. Facts come from Google’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.