Stripe Inc. is in talks to acquire OpenRouter, an AI model marketplace, for $10 billion, a nearly eightfold increase from its $1.3 billion valuation in May. The deal would expand Stripe beyond payment…
The five largest cloud builders—Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Oracle—have pledged a combined $725 billion in AI infrastructure spending for 2026, driving their collective free cash flow towar…
Alphabet reported $119.8 billion in Q2 revenue, up 24 percent from a year ago, but free cash flow went negative $5.9 billion — the first red quarter since the company went public in 2004 — driven by a…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order 62 on July 14, making the state the first in the U.S. to ban new hyperscale data centers drawing 50 megawatts or more of power for up to one year,…
Wall Street fell sharply on Thursday, with the Nasdaq sinking more than 2%, as earnings from Alphabet and Tesla revived concerns about heavy AI spending, while Brent crude oil futures settled above US…
Alphabet reported its first-ever cash flow negative quarter and a record $112 billion quarterly profit, 69% of which came from unrealized paper gains, sending shares down nearly 7% as Wall Street reac…
Alphabet's 100-year sterling bond fell below 90 pence on July 23 for the first time since its February issuance, losing more than 10% of its face value, as bond markets signal growing skepticism about…
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle have disclosed $1.6507 trillion of future contract payments, comprising $821.4 billion of uncommenced leases and $829.2 billion of purchase and constructi…
Tesla shares plunged 14% and Alphabet fell 6% on Wednesday after both companies reported second-quarter earnings that beat revenue estimates but revealed surging AI capital expenditure plans that push…
Google said AI Max is opening billions of previously unmonetized searches to ads, giving Alphabet a clearer path to expand Search revenue as queries become longer and more conversational. During Alpha…
Alphabet increased its head count by 11,830 employees to 198,933 between June 2025 and June 2026, even as the tech giant prioritizes long-term AI growth and raises its 2026 capital expenditure outlook…
A Nikkei Asia investigation published July 21, 2026 found that Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle collectively carry $1.65 trillion in off-balance-sheet AI obligations, eight times more tha…
Alphabet reported Q2 2026 revenues of $119.80 billion, beating the $116.93 billion estimate, but missed on adjusted EPS at $2.85 versus $2.89 expected. Shares fell nearly 7% as Google Cloud revenue ro…
Google has started selling its custom Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) to customers for the first time, delivering them to customer data centers in the second quarter, CFO Anat Ashkenazi disclosed durin…
Alphabet said the Gemini app reached 950 million monthly active users, up from more than 750 million in February and more than 450 million a year earlier. The company disclosed the figure during its s…
Alphabet shares fell more than 6% on Thursday even as the company reported a 24% revenue increase and record AI usage, with investors focusing on soaring capital expenditure and negative free cash flo…
Shares of Alphabet and Tesla plunged Thursday after both tech giants announced massive increases in artificial intelligence spending, with Tesla falling 10% and Alphabet sinking over 5%. Alphabet rais…
Tesla and Alphabet shares plunged on Thursday after both companies unveiled massive capital expenditure plans for AI projects, with Tesla stock falling 15% and Alphabet dropping 8%. Tesla raised its 2…
Google reported its first negative free cash flow quarter in Q2 2026, with -$5.8 billion, as the company spent $44.9 billion on AI infrastructure against $39.1 billion in operating cash flow. Total re…
Alphabet's contracted future spending commitments hit $811 billion at the end of Q2 2026, up nearly $500 billion from Q1, driven by AI infrastructure supply agreements covering chips, data centers, el…