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Alphabet said Monday it plans to raise up to $80 billion in equity to help fund its AI ambitions, which includes a $10 billion investment from Berkshire Hathaway via a private deal.

Alphabet said on Monday it aims ‌to raise $80 billion ‌in equity offerings, which will include ​an investment deal with Berkshire Hathaway. The Google parent has agreed to sell $10 billion ‌worth of ⁠shares to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway in a ⁠private placement, comprising $5 billion in Class A common ​stock at $351.81 ​per ​share and $5 billion ‌in Class C capital stock at for $348.20 per share. "The company is experiencing strong demand for its AI solutions ‌and services from ​enterprises and ​consumers, at ​levels that are ‌exceeding the company's ​available supply," ​Alphabet said.

Alphabet plans an $80 billion AI equity raise with Berkshire Hathaway committing a $10 billion anchor investment.

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Wondering if Alphabet at around US$380 a share still offers value, or if most of the easy gains are already behind it, starts with understanding what the current price actually reflects. The stock has eased slightly in the short term, with the share price declining 0.7% over the last week and 1.4% over the last month, but is still up 20.7% year to date and 125.8% over the last year. Recent coverage has focused on Alphabet's position in search, cloud services, and artificial intelligence...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise posted record second-quarter results on Monday, prompting the company to accelerate its long-term financial goals by ‌two years, as expansion of AI data centers boosts demand for its servers ‌and networking products. HPE, which competes with Dell and Super Micro Computer, is benefiting as customers increasingly buy server and data center equipment to power AI applications such as ChatGPT amid a memory chip crunch. U.S. tech giants including Alphabet and Amazon plan to spend over $700 billion on ‌AI infrastructure this year, which would ⁠bolster demand for suppliers such as HPE.

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The filing follows a $965 billion Series H valuation.

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Amazon.com (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google may be excluded from critica

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We just covered the Jeff Bezos Stock Portfolio: Top 10 Stock Picks and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) ranks 9th on this list. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has had a historic and highly celebrated relationship with Jeff Bezos, originating well before the former transitioned into its modern holding company structure. In 1998, just four years after launching Amazon, […]

BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM, June 1 (Reuters) - The European Union plans to propose strict criteria for cloud computing services in highly critical state tenders that could exclude Amazon, Microsoft and Google from such ‌projects, according to documents seen by Reuters. The proposal is part of the European Commission's Cloud and AI Development ‌Act, which EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen will unveil on Wednesday as part of a package aimed at reducing the bloc's dependence on U.

Broadcom's quarterly results and earnings calls are worth following for AI growth stock investors.

We just covered the ChatGPT Stock Portfolio: Top 7 Picks For 2026. Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) ranks #6 (see ChatGPT Stock Portfolio: Top 4 Picks For 2026). Number of Hedge Funds: 60 ChatGPT bought Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) in late March and took massive profits on May 15 after a huge bull run. Since the chatbot bought […]

Draft criteria could exclude Amazon, Microsoft and Google from highly sensitive state tenders.

We just covered the ChatGPT Stock Portfolio: Top 7 Picks For 2026. Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) ranks #1 (see ChatGPT Stock Portfolio: Top 4 Picks For 2026). Number of Hedge Funds: 265 ChatGPT opened a position in Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) in late March, according to Rallies Arena X account. The AI chatbot bull case was simple: it’s […]

AI-first cloud platforms are boosting hyperscalers' growth. See how ETFs like CLOD offer diversified exposure to this shift.

Amazon (AMZN) commands a persistent premium valuation from the broader market, trading at roughly 32x based on its current market price and TTM EPS. That is great for Amazon. But wait a minute, Alphabet (GOOG) currently sits at a noticeably more attractive 29x multiple. Hard to believe, but the market prices Amazon at a persistent premium to Google. This, despite the fact that Google's top-line revenue growth for the first quarter of 2026 stood at 22% compared to just 17% for Amazon, a growth pr

By Foo Yun Chee and Toby Sterling BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM, June 1 (Reuters) - Europe plans to propose strict criteria for cloud computing services in highly critical state tenders that could exclude Amazon

Europe plans to propose strict criteria for cloud computing services ‌in highly critical state tenders that could exclude Amazon, Microsoft ‌and Google from such projects, according to documents seen by Reuters. The proposal is part ​of the European Commission's Cloud and AI Development Act, which EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen will announce on Wednesday as part of a package of measures aimed at reducing Europe's dependence on U.S. tech and promoting ‌European businesses. The drive for ⁠sovereignty requirements in sensitive sectors such as banking, energy, healthcare and comes amid fears of surveillance by the ⁠United States and that it may get unlawful access to Europeans' data on the basis of its laws such as the Cloud Act which ​requires U.S.-based ​providers to grant authorities access to ​data even if it is ‌stored abroad.

By Foo Yun Chee and Toby Sterling BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM, June 1 (Reuters) - Europe plans to propose strict criteria for cloud computing services in highly critical state tenders that could exclude Amazon

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This week, tech investors will be watching chip and cybersecurity earnings, the impact of AI on labor market data, and the Computex annual chip summit.

This week, tech investors will be watching chip and cybersecurity earnings, the impact of AI on labor market data, and the Computex annual chip summit.

This week, tech investors will be watching chip and cybersecurity earnings, the impact of AI on labor market data, and the Computex annual chip summit.

This week, tech investors will be watching chip and cybersecurity earnings, the impact of AI on labor market data, and the Computex annual chip summit.

This week, tech investors will be watching chip and cybersecurity earnings, the impact of AI on labor market data, and the Computex annual chip summit.