<ul><li>Google CEO Sundar Pichai acknowledged that many employees have left the company to join or start rival businesses, stating that "Googlers have left to create over 2,000 startups."</li><li>Pichai emphasized that some of these former employees become cloud customers for Google in the future, while others may even return to the company.</li><li>It's worth noting that earlier this year, Google laid off approximately 12,000 employees, highlighting the dynamic nature of the tech industry and the constant movement of talent.</li></ul>

Some of them come back: Sundar Pichai on ex-Googlers joining rival firms

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