Google’s $9 Billion AI Infra Add, Calendar Update & Waymo-Spotify Partnership

John Collison, the co-founder of Stripe—a fintech company that offers a fully integrated suite of financial and payments products and employs over 8,000 workers—posted on social networking platform X on July 6, 2025, asking Alphabet’s and Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai for a new feature on Google Calendar.

“@sundarpichai Could we get Ctrl-click on Google Calendar to duplicate events, like many native calendar applications have?” read the post.

While Pichai probably gets thousands of such requests a month, this was one he not only responded to but also successfully implemented—albeit more than a month later.

On August 13, Pichai replied to Collison’s post saying, “This feature is now live for everyone on Google Calendar on the web - thanks for the suggestion!”

The new feature allows users of Google Calendar on the web to easily duplicate events using the “control [ctrl]” button on the keyboard and clicking a button on the mouse.

It’s pretty clear that Google takes customer feedback seriously, especially considering the CEO of the company took it up personally. In fact, the quick turnaround sparked others to reply under Collison’s original post with their own requests—some sincere, some humorous.

Box’s CEO, Aaron Levie, posted, “John, can you ask for Waymo to work on El Camino through the peninsula? Thanks!” Pichai simply responded with a laughing emoji [😂] while Waymo’s official handle replied, “DM us, Aaron. 😉“

Waymo, which is a robotaxi service company predominantly owned and operated by Google, also recently revealed its own move aimed at customer service excellence.

Waymo announced a partnership with Spotify that will allow riders to enjoy fully autonomous rides with their favorite playlists, thanks to an integration between Spotify and the Waymo app.

Passengers, who were until now restricted to a few music stations that played lo-fi beats, smooth jazz, K-pop, and other genres, will now be able to have a personalized experience grooving to their preferred tunes with a quick tap.

Riders can even access an equalizer to adjust the balance and fade, subwoofer, bass, and treble of the car’s speakers. They can control the music using the in-car screens, Waymo app, or Spotify app, and at the end of the trip, the music will automatically stop.

This is once they connect their Spotify account and Waymo account—which is done by tapping on Spotify from the in-car music menu, scanning the QR code, granting permission to connect, and then selecting the music they’d like to hear.

According to Waymo, rides with multiple people will allow only the person who hailed the ride to choose the songs. However, Premium account riders can start a Jam where other Spotify users can join and add songs to the queue.

Currently, Spotify is available to riders in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, while those from other cities will have to wait for a bit.


As a leader in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector—spanning a wide range of AI models, services, and platforms that enable AI products of other companies—Google is known to make bold investments to strengthen its AI infrastructure.

On August 13, Google announced it was investing an additional $9 billion within the next two years in cloud and AI infrastructure in Oklahoma.

Earlier in the month, when Google reported its Q2-2025 earnings, its parent company, Alphabet, said it’s seeing massive demand for its cloud computing services, which is why it would be infusing investments nearing $85 billion, with a focus on data centers.

As such, the additional investment will support the development of a new data center campus in Stillwater, as well as expansions of its existing facility in Pryor.

This move will also come with expanded education and workforce development programs—a part of a broader $1 billion commitment—and the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University are part of the first cohort of the Google AI for Education Accelerator that offers enrollers access to Google Career Certificates and AI training courses.

The idea is to equip local students with the skills needed to succeed in the AI sector.

“These investments will prepare Oklahoma's students with critical AI and job-ready skills, and create a talent pipeline of workers to power not only Oklahoma’s future, but America's AI leadership,” reads Google’s blog post.

Google is also supporting the electrical training ALLIANCE to help grow the electrical workforce pipeline in Oklahoma by 135% and boost the labor force needed to build new energy infrastructure.

Prior to this, Google revealed two investment plans of $25 billion and $3 billion with the aim of satiating AI’s insatiable energy needs.

Do you think such moves will help Google grow its goodwill and retain a leading position across various industries and markets?

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