Google CEO Pichai struggled to navigate a pressure-filled year

In this articleGOOGLNEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 01: Sundar Pichai, C.E.O., Google Inc. speaks at the New York Times DealBook conference on November 1, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)Stephanie Keith | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesGoogle's blowout earnings report in April, which sparked the biggest rally in Alphabet shares since 2015 and pushed its market cap past $2 trillion for the first time, tempered fear that the company was falling behind in artificial intelligence.As execu ...