'Curing death' and other semi-secret projects that Pichai will oversee as Alphabet’s CEO

• As Alphabet's new CEO, Sundar Pichai is will be looking after more than just Google.
• He will also at the helm of Alphabet's Other Bets division, which hones research and development.
• Its undertakings include developing neural networks, 'curing death', internet-beaming balloons and other semi-secret projects.

As Google's co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, step down from their posts at Alphabet, Sundar Pichai will now be at the helm of the world's fifth-largest tech company. And, he'll be looking after more than just Google.

Google is Alphabet's largest subsidiary but it has a whole other division for its research and development ventures called Other Bets. The secondary division includes experimental projects like self-driving cars, health-tech — like smart contact lenses — and venture capital investments.

Overall Alphabet has 13 other mini-companies under its umbrella, aside from Google.

But, the Other Bets division hasn't been faring too well of late. In 2018, it posted a loss of $3.4 billion. Meanwhile, Alphabet has been pouring more money into Google's cloud business which meant less investment toward Other Bets.

Here's a list of the projects that Pichai will now be looking after: