GOOG - Alphabet Inc.
When the Q1 2026 13F filings were released in mid-May (Q2 filing are released later in August), three names kept surfacing across the sharpest institutional portfolios: Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN | AMZN Price Prediction), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Uber (NYSE:UBER).
Nvidia and Micron have garnered huge attention in the AI space. But Alphabet is starting to see a massive return on investment.
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Google's artificial-intelligence business has rarely looked stronger commercially, yet some of the researchers who helped create that advantage are leaving. The Gemini app now has 950 million monthly active users, while Google Cloud revenue jumped 82% in the second quarter and backlog reached $514 billion.
Google insiders view Demis Hassabis' move to chief scientist as a way to find the next leap in AI. Since the Google DeepMind merger, some of Hassabis' focus has been pulled away from research.
Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL | GOOGL Price Prediction) and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) both reported Q2 2026 results on July 22, exposing a widening gap.
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Chief scientist Jeff Dean left Google after 27 years, along with three other senior AI researchers, to found Discovery Loop. Alphabet is a founding investor in the new company and will be its cloud partner.
Even in the age of AI-powered autonomous cyberattacks, the crude, tried and tested, hacking techniques of tricking victims into doing things they shouldn't are still producing great results.
CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos joins 'The Exchange' to report on the competition for scarce TPU capacity, the divide between Google Cloud and DeepMind, and the talent Google risks losing as it tries to pursue both.
The artificial-intelligence spending spree shows no sign of letting up as Alphabet prepares to raise tens of billions of dollars through an investment-grade bond offering.
Google's latest AI leadership shake-up wasn't confined to the executive suite.
Abel is deploying tens of billions of Berkshire's cash in new investments.
Google Deepmind chief Demis Hassabis is stepping down from his day-to-day leadership role at the AI research unit as part of a leadership overhaul. Hassabis, who co-founded DeepMind in 2010 and became one of the most prominent figures in the development of artificial intelligence, will become chairman of DeepMind and take on a newly created role as chief scientist at Alphabet, Google's parent company.
Its performance may be volatile, but it's certainly working well enough right now.
Aidan Gomez, Cohere Co-founder and CEO, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss Google's AI leadership shake-up and why he says it's a 'huge shock'.
The artificial intelligence arms race has entered a new phase.
Alphabet launched a 10-part bond offering after raising its 2026 capital spending forecast to fund AI infrastructure and other corporate needs.
Is this a one-time flex or a long-term strategy?
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