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Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users

TechCrunch • Tue, 11 Aug 2026

Gemini is keeping pace with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users back in June.

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Gemini is keeping pace with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users back in June.

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Gemini is keeping pace with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users back in June.

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