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Anat Ashkenazi
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Alphabet loses nearly $500bn in market value as AI spending and weaker search advertising alarm investors
Alphabet's shares have suffered a historic selloff after its third-quarter results exposed the financial strain of accelerating AI investment, negative free cash flow and softer-than-expected search advertising.
October 31, 2026
Alphabet Q2 revenue jumps 24% as Google Cloud surges 82%, but $205bn AI capex pressures GOOGL
Alphabet’s artificial intelligence strategy produced exceptional Google Cloud growth and stronger operating margins, but record infrastructure spending pushed quarterly free cash flow below zero. The second-quarter numbers have shifted the investor debate from whether artificial intelligence is generating demand to whether Alphabet can fund that demand without weakening capital returns.
July 23, 2026
Alphabet smashes Q1 2026 estimates as Google Cloud revenue soars 63% and AI infrastructure spend hits $35.7bn
Google Cloud revenue jumped 63% and backlog hit $460B. Now Alphabet is borrowing $31B to spend $190B on AI capex. Is the build finally bigger than the demand?
April 30, 2026