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From a garage in Menlo Park, two Stanford students turned chaos into order—launching Google from a goofy name called BackRub to become the world’s most powerful search engine. With a $100K check from Andy Bechtolsheim and a vision to organize the exploding internet, they built an empire that now spans YouTube, Android, self-driving cars, and AI—all while rebranding with the word “googol” to reflect their ambition. What started as a school project grew into Alphabet, worth trillions, with Gmail, Maps, and AdWords powering its dominance. Today, under Sundar Pichai’s leadership, Google’s revenue…
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