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Wall Street Breakfast Podcast: Alphabet Wants $80B
Alphabet (GOOG) plans to raise $80B for AI investments, including a $10B private placement with Berkshire Hathaway. GOOG's capital raise includes $30B in public offerings and a $40B ATM sale to expand foundational AI infrastructure.
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Google parent Alphabet to raise $80 bn to fuel AI expansion
Google parent Alphabet announced Monday it plans to raise up to $80 billion in stock to fund a major expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway committing $10 billion as part of the deal.
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Alphabet raising $80bn in stock sale to fund AI infrastructure push - and with the help of Berkshire Hathaway
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), the parent company of Google, announced after hours on Monday it plans to raise $80 billion through a stock sale to fund its artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout. The proceeds will be directed towards capital expenditure to scale AI infrastructure and global compute capacity, with Alphabet citing demand for its AI products from enterprises and consumers that is currently exceeding available supply.
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Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion to pay for AI buildout
Google parent company Alphabet said Monday that it plans to raise $80 billion to help pay for the massive AI infrastructure buildout it has planned. Alphabet will sell off that amount in stock, and will then use the funds to pay for “general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures to scale AI infrastructure and global compute,” the company said in a statement.
Google Seeks to Raise $80 Billion for AI Infrastructure
The company says it has reached an agreement to sell $10 billion of stock to Berkshire Hathaway as part of the plan.
Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion from stock sales to fund AI buildout
Alphabet said it plans to sell $80 billion in stock, including through a $10 billion investment by Berkshire Hathaway. Google's parent said the capital will "fund investments in its world-class AI compute infrastructure to meet its unprecedented customer demand.
Berkshire invests extra $10 billion in Alphabet, deepening bet on AI
Berkshire invests extra $10 billion in Alphabet, deepening bet on AI
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