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Alphabet

DeepMind Technologies Limited is a British artificial intelligence company founded in September 2010.  Acquired by Google in 2014, the company has created a neural network that learns how to play video games in a fashion similar to that of humans, as well as a Neural Turing machine, or a neural network that may be able to access an external memory like a conventional Turing machine, resulting in a computer that mimics the short-term memory of the human brain.

DeepMind

YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.

YouTube

Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. In addition, Google has further developed Android TV for televisions, Android Auto for cars, and Wear OS for wrist watches, each with a specialized user interface. Variants of Android are also used on game consoles, digital cameras, PCs and other electronics.

Android

Nest Labs is a home automation producer of programmable, self-learning, sensor-driven, Wi-Fi-enabled thermostats, smoke detectors, security cameras, and other security systems. It introduced the Nest Learning Thermostat in 2011 as its first product. The Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector was then introduced in October 2013. After the acquisition of Dropcam, the rebranded Nest Cam was introduced in June 2015. Finally, in July 2016, the Nest Cam Outdoor was released.

Nest Labs

Boston Dynamics is an American engineering and robotics design company founded in 1992 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group. Boston Dynamics is best known for the development of BigDog, a quadruped robot designed for the U.S. military with funding from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and DI-Guy, software for realistic human simulation. Early in the company's history, it worked with the American Systems Corporation under a contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) to replace naval training videos for aircraft launch operations with interactive 3D computer simulations featuring DI-Guy characters. The company is a pioneer in the field of robotics and it is one of the most advanced in its domain. Marc Raibert is the company's president and project manager. He spun the company off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992.

Boston Dynamics

Alphabet, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in software, health care, transportation, and other technologies. It operates through the following segments: Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets. The Google Services segment includes products and services such as ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Google Maps, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. The Google Cloud segment refers to infrastructure and platform services, collaboration tools, and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment relates to the sale of healthcare-related services and internet services. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on October 2, 2015 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

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Alphabet (GOOGL) reports robust Q2 earnings, Cloud hits $10B revenue

Alphabet's Q2 performance reflects strong financials, particularly in Google Services and Cloud, while facing challenges in the Other Bets segment.
The company's strengths lie in AI-driven innovations across Search, Cloud, and autonomous driving, with opportunities in marketing and user experience enhancements.
Efforts to reengineer costs and address analyst inquiries on AI adoption and revenue mix present ongoing challenges and opportunities for Alphabet.
Overall, Alphabet's Q2 earnings call showcases a mix of solid performance, strategic strengths, challenges to address, and promising growth avenues.

Alphabet (GOOGL) excels in Q3 with AI-driven growth and cloud success

Alphabet's Q3 earnings call highlighted impressive revenue growth, particularly in Google Cloud and YouTube, driven by AI innovation. Executives emphasized the company's strong focus on AI, cloud services, and autonomous driving, while acknowledging challenges in cloud margins and user experience. With a solid financial performance and strategic initiatives in place, Alphabet is poised for continued success and growth in the tech sector.

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Google paid $2.7 billion to rehire an artificial intelligence genius who left the tech giant in a huff three years ago to found his own startup, according to a report.

Google paid $2.7B to rehire AI genius who left after company refused to release his bot: report

Google reportedly paid $2.7 billion to rehire ex-employee/AI guru Noam Shazeer. According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Shazeer, who co-authored research that helped popularize artificial intelligence (AI), left Google in frustration after the company refused to release a chatbot he had developed.

Google Reportedly Spent $2.7 Billion to Rehire Character.AI Founder

AerCap Hlds

First Citizens BancShares

With earnings season winding down, Chris Ballard, managing director at Check Capital Management, shared his exclusive insights on the companies that have caught his attention for their stellar performance and growth potential.

EXCLUSIVE: Alphabet, AerCap, First Citizens: Asset Manager's Trio Of Post-Earnings Bets

Microsoft

Google has lodged a formal antitrust complaint related to Microsoft's commercial practices in the cloud-computing industry. The search giant looks to be hoping that the European Union might help it shake up the sector.

Google Files Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft. What's Behind the Move.

Oppenheimer analyst Jason Helfstein cuts his price target on Alphabet stock to $185 from $210, but he kept an Outperform rating.

Google's Future on iPhones Looks Cloudy, Analyst Says

Google filed a complaint to the European Commission alleging that Microsoft's cloud computing unit has engaged in anti-competitive practices.

Google Files EU Complaint Over Microsoft Cloud Business Tactics

Google will be tied out in court for many years as it attempts to avoid a crackdown in a pair of major federal antitrust cases targeting its business model, CEO Sundar Pichai admitted in a new interview.

Google antitrust battles will drag on for ‘many years,' CEO Sundar Pichai says

Google has filed a complaint with the European Commission (EC), alleging that Microsoft uses anti-competitive licensing practices to strongarm companies into staying on its Azure cloud infrastructure.

Google files antitrust complaint against Microsoft in Europe over cloud licensing practices

Google announced Wednesday it had filed a complaint at the European Commission against Microsoft, accusing its rival of "anticompetitive" licensing practices to force customers to use its cloud service.

Google files EU complaint over Microsoft cloud services

A 20% annualized return from Alphabet Inc./Google is possible, including covered call premium, dividend, and only $2.71 in price appreciation. 2024 growth from Google Search, YouTube, and Subscriptions. Good technical entry point resulting from fear of regulatory fines and government intervention.

Google: 20% Potential Return With Covered Calls (Technical Analysis)

Alphabet unit Google filed a complaint to the European Commission on Wednesday against what it said were Microsoft's anti-competitive practices to lock customers into Microsoft's cloud platform Azure.

Google files complaint to EU over Microsoft cloud practices

The search giant argues that Microsoft is abusing its market power in enterprise software to push customers to use its cloud-computing service.

Google Files EU Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft

Google said in an antitrust complaint filed Wednesday that Microsoft uses unfair licensing contracts in its Azure cloud computing business to stifle competition. In its complaint, Google — which ranks third globally in the cloud computing market behind market leaders Amazon Web Services and Azure — said Microsoft makes it harder for customers to move their workloads to competitors' clouds.

Google files EU antitrust complaint accusing Microsoft of stifling cloud competition

What is going on with Google's long-touted migration to an alternative adtech stack (aka its Privacy Sandbox proposal)? What indeed.

Google's revised ad targeting plan triggers fresh competition concerns in UK

Amid debate on whether tech companies are overspending on AI, Google's pricey reunion with Noam Shazeer draws attention.

Google Paid $2.7 Billion to Bring Back an AI Genius Who Quit in Frustration

Google Cloud, Norway's sovereign wealth fund and Swiss bank UBS have joined forces to back a bid to run Britain's real-time record of transactions in bond markets, the fixed income technology firm leading the plan told Reuters.

Google, Norway's wealth fund back UK real-time bond tape bid

Alphabet's vertically integrated search model and extensive network create significant entry barriers, making it difficult for AI-powered search engines like SearchGPT to disrupt Google Search. Despite Microsoft's AI-powered Bing, its market share growth has been minimal, reinforcing the strength and dominance of Google Search. AI-powered search engines are not new; Alphabet's AI Overviews already offer similar functionalities, making the impact of new AI entrants limited.

Google: Online Search Unlikely To Be Disrupted By SearchGPT

UK's Competition watchdog said on Tuesday it would work with Alphabet-owned Google to address competition concerns after it found the company's revised approach towards third-party cookies on Chrome still raised concerns in the advertising market.

UK's competition watchdog to work with Google to tackle concerns Over Chrome cookies

Warner Bros Discovery Inc

Warner Bros. Discovery and Google have created a new caption generation tool, known internally as "caption AI.

Warner Bros. Discovery partners with Google for AI-generated captions on 'Max' streaming service

Volkswagen AG

Alphabet's Google is providing key capabilities for an artificial intelligence assistant for Volkswagen drivers in a smartphone app, part of Google's strategy to win business by offering tools to build enterprise AI applications.

Google, Volkswagen partner on smartphone AI assistant

Apple

Amazon

NVIDIA

The S&P 500 is made up of 500 companies from 11 sectors, so it's highly diversified. A handful of technology stocks soared in value in recent years, and they now have an outsized influence over the performance of the index.

These 5 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks Make Up 27.1% of the Entire S&P 500 Index

In the most recent trading session, Alphabet (GOOGL) closed at $161.83, indicating a -1.07% shift from the previous trading day.

Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock Falls Amid Market Uptick: What Investors Need to Know

Under the EU's rules, Google could face fines of up to 10% of its annual revenue if it fails to address the block's concerns.

EU set to warn Google to change search practices or face major fines: report

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While it is no secret that assets in the stock market can offer substantial profits to skillful investors and traders, it is sometimes difficult to discern which stocks are better than others in this regard and which could provide an income of, say, $10,000 from investing a mere $1,000 in them.

Where to put $1,000 in stocks to make $10k in 2025

Big tech companies are spending billions to be the next dominant AI company. Several contenders have massive potential in AI, and one of them is Alphabet.

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