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… Now, it’s true that these investors are buying shares of Alphabet, not shares in a younger, possibly debt-riddled AI startup. Alphabet is a very healthy business: $110 billion in revenue with high profit margins in Q1 alone, up 22% year-over-year. …
… Alphabet has already committed to more than $180 billion in capital expenditures this year and has said it expects that to “significantly increase” in 2027. To help with that, Alphabet recently announced an $80 billion equity sale. …
… Alphabet-owned Waymo has registered 577 autonomous vehicles in Texas, followed by Avride with 317, and Nuro with 47. …
… Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai described Spark as the next evolution of smart digital assistants, using agentic AI to take on long-horizon tasks with minimal oversight. “It’s your personal AI agent that helps you navigate your digital life, taking action on your behalf and under your direction,” Pichai… …
… Founded roughly five years ago as an Alphabet spinout, SandboxAQ counts Eric Schmidt, Google’s former CEO, as its chairman. …
… While total hiring across large tech companies dropped 25% compared to 2019 levels, engineering roles saw a much smaller decline of just 11%, according to SignalFire’s latest “ State of Talent Report .” In fact, engineers comprised 55% of all new hires in 2025 across the 12 companies SignalFire cla… …
… Google TV, a platform from YouTube’s parent company Alphabet, recently announced a “Short videos for you” row on the Google TV feed, which is supposed to further boost watch time. …
… For now, the focus is on San Francisco and then Houston — both markets where Uber will go head-to-head with rival Waymo, the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company that currently operates commercial robotaxi services in both cities. …
… SpaceX is currently the sixth most valuable U.S.-listed company, behind Nvidia, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon. …
… Ram Shriram, founder of Sherpalo Ventures and a board member at Alphabet, will join Skyroot’s board. …