Go is Google’s language, not the community’s

The good news is that Google and the Go core team do care (so far) about Go being a success in the outside world, not just inside Google, so they’re willing to work on pain points. You could ask if Go is Google’s language or the Go core team’s language, since Go’s direction is set and controlled by that small core team. However, at the moment I believe that most or all of the active Go core team is employed by Google, making the distinction impossibly to determine in practice (at least from outside Google).

Source: utcc.utoronto.ca