Google cofounder Sergey Brin has suddenly burst on to the scene and transformed into a political powerhouse -- and many think it's due to his girlfriend.
This week, Google co-founder Sergey Brin has become embroiled in an increasingly heated and public political battle in Silicon Valley over a proposed California tax on billionaires. As major publicly traded U.S. tech companies reported financial results, Alphabet was the clear winner. Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI began, and Snapchat's founder and CEO urged tech leaders not to give in to public opposition to artificial intelligence (AI).