Google parent Alphabet surprises with capital spending boost
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The search giant is spending tens of billions of dollars on infusing its products with artificial intelligence capabilities.
Google is all-in on AI, and based on the company’s latest quarterly earnings, AI has been good for its bottom line. In a press release for Alphabet’s Q2 2025 earnings, CEO Sundar Pichai says that “AI is positively impacting every part of the business” and that features like AI Overviews and AI Mode are “performing well.”
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Google’s accelerating shift into artificial intelligence helped propel its corporate parent to another quarter of solid growth while a crackdown on its internet empire looms in the background
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Google crushed earnings expectations — but investor reactions were mixed as the CEO highlighted surging AI usage and a $10 billion capex spike.
A number of Reddit users say that Google’s smart home ecosystem is falling apart — another casualty of what’s been dubbed "enshittification." A July 21 Reddit thread has drawn hundreds of comments from users venting about how unreliable Google Home smart speakers and hubs have become in recent years.
The comment came shortly after analysts peppered Pichai and other Google executives with questions about how AI would affect its core search business and why Google is spending an extra $10 billion on capital expenditures this year to catch up in the AI race.
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the AI Stocks on Analysts’ Radar Right Now. On July 21, Wolfe Research analyst Shweta Khajuria reiterated an “Outperform” rating on the stock with a $190.00 price target.