{"slug": "google-s-ai-spending-spree-has-investors-nervous", "title": "Google's AI Spending Spree Has Investors Nervous", "summary": "Google parent Alphabet Inc. reported Q2 2026 earnings that showed a 35% surge in capital expenditures to $13.2 billion, driven by heavy investment in AI infrastructure, sparking investor concerns about returns. CFO Ruth Porat said the company remains committed to AI spending despite market jitters, as operating income rose 12% to $28.4 billion but missed analyst estimates.", "body_md": "Article URL: \nhttps://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/alphabet-googl-q2-earnings-report-2026-stock-f6bdd223\n\nComments URL: \nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057589\n\nPoints: 1\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-s-ai-spending-spree-has-investors-nervous", "canonical_source": "https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/alphabet-googl-q2-earnings-report-2026-stock-f6bdd223", "published_at": "2026-07-26 12:44:47+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-26 12:52:20.840794+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Alphabet Inc.", "Google", "Ruth Porat"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-s-ai-spending-spree-has-investors-nervous", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-s-ai-spending-spree-has-investors-nervous.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-s-ai-spending-spree-has-investors-nervous.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-s-ai-spending-spree-has-investors-nervous.jsonld"}}