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This leading company's share price rose 144% in the past five years.

While the market sees an advertising giant, a merchant silicon business is quietly taking root inside the company. For the first time, Alphabet is selling its custom TPU systems directly into customer data centers. This marks a fundamental pivot from a services-led model to one that also sells the foundational hardware for the entire AI industry.

Amazon jumped more than 12% after second-quarter earnings and revenue comfortably beat expectations. Alphabet and Meta Platforms were both punished by the market after hiking capex this earnings season. The spending hike is good news for Marvell Technology as it helps design Amazon’s artificial-intelligence chips.

Apple is growing like an AI spender, but isn't spending like one. Thursday's earnings show that route is cheaper, but it's not free of obstacles.

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Amazon shares jumped more than 12% before the bell on Friday after the e-commerce and cloud giant posted its strongest cloud growth in over ‌four years, bolstering investor confidence that its multibillion-dollar AI bets are driving a ‌fresh wave of demand. The rally put Amazon on track to add about $300 billion in market value, as investors looked past ​a 10% increase in planned capital expenditure to $220 billion and instead focused on booming demand at Amazon Web Services (AWS), the profit engine at the center of the company's AI push. The reaction was in sharp contrast to Alphabet's earnings last week, when the Google-parent's shares stumbled after it reported its ‌first negative cash flow, which stemmed ⁠from rising AI-related spending.

Reddit is delivering leading growth but commands a top-of-the-market price, forcing investors to decide if its operational lead is already paid for.

Buffett initiated a position in Alphabet last year, and Abel has loaded up on it this year.

Apple shares were falling hard early Friday, puncturing the iPhone maker’s recent strong run. But analysts at Citi think there are still grounds to back the stock. Apple shares were down 7.4% at $308.

Morningstar maintained an $850 fair value estimate for META, implying a 58% upside from current levels.

Micron is highlighted as AI stocks reset after forced selling, with the article arguing leverage drove the selloff while AI spending plans remain intact.

Berkshire Hathaway has entered a new era after Warren Buffett’s retirement as CEO at the end of 2025, with successor Greg Abel now overseeing a record US$397 billion cash pile, heavy share buybacks, and recent moves such as the Taylor Morrison acquisition and a US$10 billion Alphabet investment. This combination of leadership transition and unusually large cash reserves puts Berkshire’s capital allocation choices, especially how and when that cash is deployed, firmly at the center of how...

Microsoft surged after delivering stronger-than-expected results, led by Azure growth, expanding operating margins and signs AI spending is driving revenue.

Meta Platforms sits at the center of an AI trade reset as leverage fueled a sharp rally, then a steep unwind driven by margin washouts and forced selling.

The Future Fund‘s Gary Black said Meta Platforms Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:META) post-earnings selloff could mirror Google parent Alphabet Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) recovery over this week, as investors look past conservative guidance and one-time items. Alphabet Playbook Repeating Black, in a post on X Thursday, pointed to Google’s parent initially falling about 10% after reporting quarterly results before recovering about 5% over the course of this week as investors reassessed the numbers. He s

“We will still not have enough capacity to meet all the demand we have in 2026,” Amazon CFO Kaven Parekh said.

Reddit (NYSE:RDDT) reported Q2 results that surpassed its earnings estimates, supported by rapid expansion in AI-driven advertising. The company highlighted a rising advertiser base using its AI tools to target Reddit’s interest-based communities. Management also flagged ongoing risks tied to search-driven traffic volatility and unresolved Google data licensing terms for AI training. Reddit sits at the intersection of user generated content, online communities, and targeted advertising. The...

Alphabet may be the market's most overlooked AI leader, offering investors a rare mix of rapid growth, bargain valuation, and valuable hidden assets that could reward patient shareholders.

Everyone is debating which AI company will build the best AI model. But that may be the wrong question for investors to focus on.

Microsoft stock records best day since 2008 on strong cloud revenue.

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It’s a vibes market and it doesn’t matter how good earnings or guidance is for many companies, writes Mizuho analyst Jordan Klein.

Alphabet's cloud computing business is booming.

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The social-media platform’s earnings outpaced Street estimates, but that wasn’t enough for investors.

Amazon stock jumped after the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant reported second-quarter results. The closely-watched Amazon Web Services business grew 37% to $42.4 billion. Analysts were forecasting 31.3% growth for AWS prior to the report.

Year-over-year revenue growth for Amazon Web Services came in at 37% for the second quarter as AI drives computing demand.