Alphabet Inc’s first cash burn on record has jolted investors awaiting more Big Tech results next week as soaring artificial intelligence (AI) spending strains one of the world’s most profitable companies, and the pain is only expected to increase.The Google parent burned US$5.9 billion in the secon

Alphabet increases AI infrastructure spending to $190B for 2026. Alphabet as second-largest company by market cap on July 31 at 4.5% YES.

July 22 : U.S. hyperscalers are starting to show returns on their artificial intelligence investments, but the rising cost of the buildout is taking a bite out of their free cash…

Investors closely watch whether soaring AI investments by U.S. tech giants generate enough revenue to offset mounting capital spending and pressure on free...

America's biggest technology companies are beginning to generate meaningful AI-driven revenue, but surging infrastructure spending is putting free cash flow under pressure.…

The higher guidance reflects the company’s efforts to accelerate its expansion of AI computing capacity

The search giant says it will spend up to $US205 billion on artificial intelligence-related capital expenditure in 2026.

Alphabet's stock sinks after it bumps up AI infrastructure spending yet again - SiliconANGLE

The market reaction to the results of Google’s parent Alphabet and Elon Musk’s Tesla suggests that investors are becoming increasingly wary of the tech giants’ ballooning spending…

Alphabet announced strong second-quarter earnings, but its shares declined significantly. The company plans to substantially increase its capital expenditures for artificial…

Alphabet earnings split Wall Street as strong Cloud growth offset concerns over higher AI spending and negative free cash flow.

Search giant says it will commit up to $205bn to AI investments in 2026

Alphabet beat on revenue and grew Google Cloud 82%, but a record $205bn capex guide and negative free cash flow sent shares down about 5%.

(Bloomberg) -- Stocks fell as unease over ever-higher artificial intelligence investment outweighed an otherwise strong earnings report from Alphabet Inc.

Alphabet and Tesla both beat revenue expectations, yet their shares fell in after-hours trading due to heavy spending on AI infrastructure.

It's the first of the hyperscalers to report earnings, and investors may be growing leery of the scale of AI spending.

Alphabet reports its first-ever negative cash flow due to AI spending. Alphabet as the second-largest company by market cap on July 31 at 2.1% YES.

July 23 : Alphabet's first cash burn on record has jolted investors awaiting more Big Tech results next week as soaring AI spending strains one of the world's most profitable…

Alphabet, Google's parent company, reported negative $5.9bn free cash flow for the first time in a decade, driven by escalating spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Alphabet's $180-190 billion AI capex plan and $80 billion equity raise trigger overbought warnings, with ripple effects reaching Bitcoin miners

Meta, Microsoft and Amazon brace for scrutiny as spending soars and returns lag