Alphabet Sells $20 Billion Bonds to Fund AI Spending
Alphabet issued $20 billion in a seven-part bond sale to support AI infrastructure investment, highlighting growing tech reliance on debt financing for expansion.
Alphabet issued $20 billion in a seven-part bond sale to support AI infrastructure investment, highlighting growing tech reliance on debt financing for expansion.
Alphabet’s shares dropped 5% after reporting Q4 revenue of $113.8 billion, beating estimates, while projecting significant AI-related capital expenditure for 2026.
Google’s AI chatbot Gemini surpassed 750 million monthly active users, highlighting rapid adoption following recent product updates. The growth was disclosed in Alphabet’s latest earnings.
U.S. senators are demanding detailed explanations from major tech platforms on how they prevent and monetize AI-generated sexual deepfakes. The inquiry follows renewed scrutiny of generative AI tools and their safeguards.
Alphabet reached a $4 trillion market valuation after a 65% stock gain in 2025, fueled by AI investments including Gemini 3 and custom AI chips for enterprise and consumer products.
Anthropic is preparing to raise $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, nearly doubling its recent value. Major backers include GIC, Coatue, Microsoft, and Nvidia, supporting cloud expansion and AI model development.
OpenAI has consolidated internal teams to accelerate development of advanced audio models ahead of a planned audio-first personal device. The effort signals a broader industry shift toward voice-based interfaces.
Alphabet announced plans to acquire Intersect for $4.75 billion, aiming to expand data center capacity and accelerate energy innovation. The acquisition includes in-development projects and Intersect’s technical team.
Security startup Verkada reaches a $5.8 billion valuation after a $100 million funding round led by CapitalG to expand AI-driven security solutions.
China’s DeepSeek has released an advanced open source AI model, intensifying competition with Google’s Gemini 3 and other proprietary systems. The move highlights China’s growing influence in global AI development.
Nvidia’s strong earnings reignite AI bubble fears, but analysts say the boom has years of runway as real demand, revenue growth, and new AI use cases accelerate.
Meta is in talks to spend billions on Google’s TPUs for its data centers, a shift that would position Alphabet as a stronger competitor to Nvidia. The discussions include Meta potentially renting Google Cloud chips as early as next year.
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai urged users not to blindly trust AI outputs, citing errors in generative models and emphasizing the importance of cross-checking information with reliable sources.
Google’s $32B acquisition of cloud security startup Wiz has cleared U.S. antitrust review, bringing the tech giant one step closer to completing its largest-ever deal.
HSBC and General Atlantic executives caution that AI investments are accelerating faster than revenue, creating risks of overvaluation and slow productivity gains.