Alphabet completed the largest U.S. corporate equity raise ever, upsizing to $84.75 billion to fund AI data centers amid surging demand for its cloud and AI services. Berkshire Hathaway anchored the deal with a $10 billion private placement, marking its biggest tech investment. While $44.75 billion is allocated for AI capital spending and employee equity taxes, only about $34.75 billion plus Berkshire's stake directly fund AI infrastructure. Alphabet chose equity over debt, diluting shareholders but avoiding interest costs, betting on future AI profits despite compressing free cash flow. This move highlights strong confidence in AI growth and cloud demand, with capital spending guidance raised for 2026 and 2027.
Google Cloud has shown significant revenue growth and improved margins, outperforming competitors AWS and Azure. The company also reported a double sequential backlog growth, indicating continued acceleration into fiscal year 2026. Additionally, Goog...
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OpenAI has recruited AI expert Noam Shazeer, known for co-authoring the Transformer architecture paper, and former White House AI policy official Dean Ball to strengthen its team before going public. Shazeer, who recently left Google and Character AI...
Jim Cramer highlighted that major tech companies like Nvidia, Google, and Meta are raising huge amounts of capital, benefiting big banks through underwriting fees. He identified four key drivers boosting bank profits: higher short-term interest rates...
Berkshire Hathaway, led by CEO Greg Abel, nearly tripled its Alphabet shares to about 57.8 million, valuing the stake at $16.6 billion, making Alphabet a top-five holding. This move follows strong Q1 2026 results from Alphabet, including a significan...
