We're still focused very much so on the path to profitability and free cash flow strength here," said Porat. "But we are continuing to invest in the business." Google executives also touted the cloud business' momentum around Google Workspace and its blockbuster $5.4 billion acquisition of cybersecurity superstar Mandiant. Mandiant officially became part of Google Cloud last month, adding top-notch threat intelligence and incident response capabilities to its cloud portfolio and customer base. "We are constantly working to make sure everyone we [hire] is working on the most important things as a company," said Google CEO Pichai. "We are reviewing projects at all scales pretty granularly to make sure we have the right plans there, and based on that, the right resourcing and making course corrections. This will be an ongoing thing. It is something we will continue doing going into 2023 as well.