Flying cars and self-driving vehicles always get attention at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas, but this year the boats are making bigger waves.

Sundar Pichai, who has been leading Google as CEO for more than four years, will stay in his role and also become CEO of Alphabet. Both founders promised they plan to stay actively involved as board members and shareholders and lauded Pichai for his leadership of Google. Alphabet -- an umbrella corporation that the two created in 2015 -- still boasts Google as its central fixture and key moneymaker. Page and Brin both have been noticeably absent from Google events in the past year. Pichai, who has an engineering background, took over as the head of Google’s products before being promoted to CEO when Alphabet was created.