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    Alphabet (GOOGL)

    Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, operates as a collection of businesses with Google being the largest. The company reports its operations in three segments: Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets. Alphabet Inc. generates revenue primarily through advertising, consumer subscriptions, and sales of apps and devices, with Google Services accounting for the majority of its revenue . Google Cloud provides infrastructure and platform services for enterprise customers, while Other Bets includes emerging businesses like Waymo and Wing, focusing on healthcare-related and internet services .

    1. Google Services - Encompasses products like ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Google Maps, Google Play, Search, and YouTube, generating revenue through advertising, consumer subscriptions, and sales of apps and devices .
      • Advertising - Drives significant revenue through platforms like Google Search and YouTube .
      • Consumer Subscriptions - Includes services like YouTube TV and YouTube Music .
    2. Google Cloud - Provides infrastructure, platform services, and collaboration tools for enterprise customers, contributing to revenue through consumption-based fees and subscriptions .
    3. Other Bets - Comprises emerging businesses such as Waymo and Wing, generating revenue primarily from healthcare-related services and internet services .

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    NamePositionExternal RolesShort Bio

    Anat Ashkenazi

    Executive

    CFO and SVP of Alphabet and Google

    None reported

    Joined Alphabet in 2024; previously CFO at Eli Lilly; focuses on long-term investments and financial strategy.

    Kent Walker

    Executive

    President, Global Affairs, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary

    Executive Council at TechNet.org

    Joined Google in 2006; oversees legal, compliance, and government affairs; advocates on competition and privacy issues.

    Philipp Schindler

    Executive

    SVP and Chief Business Officer

    Scholar of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

    Joined Google in 2005; oversees global sales, partnerships, and business operations.

    Prabhakar Raghavan

    Executive

    Chief Technologist of Google LLC

    National Academy of Engineering; Fellow of ACM and IEEE

    Joined Google in 2012; previously led Search and Ads; transitioned to Chief Technologist in 2024.

    Ruth M. Porat

    Executive

    President and Chief Investment Officer; CFO

    Blackstone Inc.; Council on Foreign Relations; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Stanford Management Company; Bloomberg Philanthropies

    Joined Alphabet in 2015 as CFO; extensive financial expertise; oversees investments and financial strategy.

    Sundar Pichai

    Executive

    CEO of Alphabet and Google

    The Pichai Family Foundation

    Joined Google in 2004; became CEO of Google in 2015 and CEO of Alphabet in 2019; led AI-focused strategy.

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    Frances H. Arnold

    Board

    Independent Director

    Illumina, Inc.; President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; U.S. National Academies of Science, Medicine, and Engineering; California Institute of Technology

    Nobel Prize-winning scientist; joined Alphabet's board in 2019; focuses on science and technology innovation.

    John L. Hennessy

    Board

    Chair of the Board of Directors

    Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation; Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

    Joined Alphabet's board in 2004; former President of Stanford University; provides strategic oversight as Chair of the Board.

    K. Ram Shriram

    Board

    Independent Director

    Sherpalo Ventures; Yubico; Council on Foreign Relations; Stanford Health Care; Indiaspora

    Early investor in Google; joined Alphabet's board in 1998; extensive experience in venture capital and technology.

    L. John Doerr

    Board

    Independent Director

    Kleiner Perkins; DoorDash, Inc.; Climate Imperative; The Aspen Institute

    Venture capitalist; joined Alphabet's board in 1999; extensive experience in technology investments.

    Larry Page

    Board

    Co-Founder and Director

    Chair of the Executive Committee at Alphabet; The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation

    Co-founded Google in 1998; served as CEO of Google and Alphabet; instrumental in developing Google's search engine and business model.

    R. Martin Chávez

    Board

    Independent Director

    Sixth Street; Recursion Pharmaceuticals; Stanford Medicine Board; The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

    Former Goldman Sachs executive; joined Alphabet's board in 2022; expertise in finance and technology.

    Robin L. Washington

    Board

    Independent Director

    Honeywell International, Inc.; Salesforce, Inc.; Vertiv Holdings Co.; Mastercard Foundation; UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland

    Former CFO of Gilead Sciences; joined Alphabet's board in 2019; expertise in financial operations and corporate governance.

    Roger W. Ferguson Jr.

    Board

    Independent Director

    Corning; International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.; Smithsonian Institution; Group of Thirty

    Former CEO of TIAA; joined Alphabet's board in 2016; expertise in economics and financial management.

    Sergey Brin

    Board

    Co-Founder and Director

    The Sergey Brin Family Foundation

    Co-founded Google in 1998; served as President of Google and Alphabet; contributed to Google's core technologies and innovation.

    1. Google Cloud's operating margins have improved to 17% this quarter, but competitors in the industry have materially higher margins closer to 30%; what specific steps are you taking to further improve cloud margins, and how confident are you that you can match or exceed competitor margins in the future?

    2. Given the significant investments in AI and technical infrastructure leading to increased depreciation and expenses, how do you plan to balance these costs with the need for cost discipline and delivering profit growth, especially with anticipated headwinds in Q4 revenue due to hardware launch pull-forwards?

    3. With YouTube Shorts reaching over 70 billion daily views and the monetization gap with traditional in-stream content narrowing, what strategies are you implementing to further accelerate monetization of Shorts, and how significant do you expect Shorts to be in driving YouTube's overall ad revenue growth?

    4. As Waymo expands and serves over 150,000 paid rides weekly, can you provide more details on the financial performance and the path to profitability for Waymo, including timelines and how it will impact Alphabet's overall financials?

    5. With the introduction of AI-enabled search features and products powered by large language models like Gemini, how do you plan to monetize these new experiences without cannibalizing traditional search advertising revenues, and what are the potential risks and constraints to scaling these AI innovations across your vast user base?

    Program DetailsProgram 1Program 2
    Approval DateApril 2023 April 2024
    End Date/DurationCompleted during Q3 2024 Not specified
    Total additional amount$70.0 billion $70.0 billion
    Remaining authorization amount$0 $59.7 billion
    DetailsCompleted No expiration date
    YearAmount Due (in billions)Debt TypeInterest Rate (%)% of Total Debt
    20241.0Short-term commercial paperN/A6.8% = (1.0 / 14.785) * 100
    20250.999Current portion of long-term notesN/A6.8% = (0.999 / 14.785) * 100
    20251.368Current portion of finance leases & otherN/A9.3% = (1.368 / 14.785) * 100
    2025–206012.0Long-term notes0.45–2.25 (coupon)81.1% = (12.0 / 14.785) * 100
    NameStart DateEnd DateReason for Change
    Ernst & Young LLP1999 PresentCurrent auditor

    Notable M&A activity and strategic investments in the past 3 years.

    CompanyYearDetails

    Mandiant

    2022

    Recent press releases and 8-K filings for GOOGL.

    American Bitcoin lists on Nasdaq under ABTC ticker
    ·$GOOGL
    Delisting/Listing Issues
    M&A
    • American Bitcoin, a majority-owned Bitcoin mining and reserve subsidiary of Hut 8, began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker ABTC following its stock‐for‐stock merger with Griffin Digital Mining, with shares jumping ~30% intraday on debut.
    • Hut 8’s executive chairman Asher Genoot explained the spin-off allows Hut 8 to focus on energy infrastructure while American Bitcoin dedicates resources to Bitcoin acquisition, leveraging Hut 8’s large-scale mining campuses and catering to distinct shareholder interests.
    • Eric Trump emphasized that American Bitcoin’s strategy is a “race to accumulate the most Bitcoin,” citing the asset’s 50–70% annualized appreciation over the past decade and low-cost mining at about $0.50 per coin.
    Sep 3, 2025, 8:27 PM
    Alphabet cuts middle management amid AI-focused restructuring
    ·$GOOGL
    Layoffs
    New Projects/Investments
    • Alphabet eliminated 35% of its small team managers over the past year to streamline decision-making and prioritize AI development.
    • Cuts aim to free up resources for high-cost AI engineers and chip investments, though they risk reducing the pipeline of future managers by slashing entry-level roles.
    • Part of a broader "great flattening" trend in big tech to reduce layers between executives and product teams in the generative AI race.
    Aug 29, 2025, 5:02 PM
    Alphabet plans $9B Virginia data center expansion
    ·$GOOGL
    New Projects/Investments
    • Alphabet will invest an additional $9 billion to expand its Virginia data centers through 2026, adding a new facility in Chesterfield County and enlarging sites in Loudoun and Prince William counties.
    • Construction on the Chesterfield center’s first phase—a single building—is set to begin by year-end and is expected to take 18–24 months to complete.
    • Chesterfield County will not grant tax incentives but will expand water infrastructure at Google’s expense; Google remains eligible for state tax exemptions on qualifying equipment.
    • Google is partnering with Virginia colleges, including Brightpoint Community College, to offer free AI training and 12-month access to Google AI Pro for local students as part of its workforce development initiative.
    • Critics highlight that Google’s electricity usage in 2024 reached 30.8 million MWh, more than double its consumption four years earlier, raising environmental and resource concerns.
    Aug 27, 2025, 3:52 PM
    Alphabet highlighted for AI leadership with Gemini LLM
    ·$GOOGL
    Product Launch
    Legal Proceedings
    • Gemini LLM is among the best, reinforcing Alphabet’s AI leadership
    • Shares trade at 19× earnings, the cheapest among direct AI peers with material upside
    • Upcoming antitrust ruling could serve as a clearing event, though the outcome is uncertain
    • Core drivers include double-digit search growth, reaccelerating YouTube and Google Cloud, and expanding Waymo’s autonomous services
    • Apple is exploring integrating Gemini into Siri, indicating strategic partnership opportunities
    Aug 25, 2025, 12:56 PM
    Alphabet’s Gemini AI eyed for Apple Siri upgrade
    ·$GOOGL
    New Projects/Investments
    • Apple is reportedly considering integrating Google’s Gemini AI to power its delayed Siri upgrade, targeting a 2026 launch.
    • The news drove Alphabet shares up ~3% to new session highs and an all-time peak.
    • Deployment would require Google to adapt Gemini for Apple’s private servers, and the deal’s economic terms remain unclear.
    • This development follows Alphabet winning a $10 billion, six-year cloud contract with Meta, underscoring its enterprise momentum.
    Aug 22, 2025, 5:49 PM
    Databricks CEO says pay top of market for AI talent
    ·$GOOGL
    Hiring
    M&A
    New Projects/Investments
    • Databricks targets a $105 B database market (TAM) and reports 80 % of new databases are now created by AI agents as it invests in its Lakehouse product.
    • The company faces insane offers for AI talent, competing with Google and Meta, and emphasizes maintaining internal pay equity to reduce employee churn.
    • It acquired Lakehouse technology—separating compute and storage for Postgres—for $1 B and is open to further talent- and idea-driven acquisitions.
    • Through Agent Bricks, Databricks aims to lower an initial 30 % error rate in AI agents and expects meaningful enterprise impact over a five-year horizon.
    Aug 21, 2025, 8:07 PM
    Google proposes Play Store policy changes following EU scrutiny
    ·$GOOGL
    Legal Proceedings
    • Google proposes allowing EEA app developers to direct users to external payment systems and offers via its External Offers Program update.
    • Google will cut Play Store service fees from 10% to 3% and introduce a two-tier fee structure to reduce costs and shorten fee durations for developers.
    • The policy adjustments aim to comply with the EU Digital Markets Act and avert potential fines up to 10% of global annual revenue, after over €8 billion in prior EU antitrust penalties.
    • Google cautions these changes may expose Android users to harmful content and degrade the overall app experience.
    Aug 19, 2025, 3:22 PM
    Alphabet shares regain prior highs after tariff sell-off
    ·$GOOGL
    • Worst performer among big tech during the tariff sell-off, losing 32% from its February peak to its April low.
    • 45% rebound from the April low has returned shares to their February 4th highs, but Alphabet has not yet made a new all-time high, unlike peers such as Microsoft and Nvidia.
    • Technical setup indicates a likely breakout above pre-sell-off highs, presenting an opportunity for investors.
    Aug 18, 2025, 10:25 PM
    Alphabet sees Baupost boost stake in Q2 2025
    ·$GOOGL
    New Projects/Investments
    • Baupost Group increased its Alphabet holding by 27% in Q2 2025, adding 556,000 shares to reach 2.63 million shares valued at $467.2 million, making it the fund’s largest position.
    • The move reflects confidence in AI and cloud growth, with TipRanks rating Alphabet 'Outperform' amid robust segment revenue performance.
    • Baupost also boosted Dollar General by 26.7% to 2.67 million shares, as analysts foresee a 32.65% upside to a $117.58 price target.
    • New positions were initiated in Fiserv (a $154 million stake), Amcor, and PagSeguro Digital, aligning with a value investing strategy focused on beaten-down stocks.
    Aug 13, 2025, 10:40 PM
    Alphabet delivers strong Q2 earnings as market valuation and momentum stir debate
    ·$GOOGL
    Earnings
    • The negative equity risk premium persists with the S&P 500 earnings yield at 4.15% versus the 10-year Treasury at 4.38%, a gap not seen since 2001, making valuation the chief headwind; multiple expansion to 21x 2026 estimates depends on upward revisions—2026 EPS forecasts rose to $300 from $298 three months ago.
    • Beyond megacaps, communications, industrials, financials and materials have outperformed, prompting Oppenheimer to raise its year-end S&P 500 target to 7,100 (from 5,950) on the expectation of broader participation.
    • Speculative trading in lower-quality segments—illustrated by the ARK Innovation ETF’s 36% YTD gain—signals short-term upside but heightens risk if momentum reverses at peak valuations.
    • Despite “phenomenal” Q2 results, Alphabet’s post-earnings price move was muted, suggesting built-in skepticism and potential resistance without further catalysts.
    • Market leadership is driven by momentum over fundamentals, with ETFs prioritizing price trends over quality scores, underscoring elevated risk if speculative names falter.
    Jul 28, 2025, 5:12 PM