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Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo has developed a custom chip for its robotaxis, moving away from third-party suppliers like Nvidia Corp. The chip, produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., enhances vehicle performance and reduces costs. Waymo claims it matches Nvidia's latest systems in processing power, with over 1,000 TOPS.
The ECB warns that heavy investments in AI may be unsustainable, potentially leading to a global stock market crash. Valuations resemble historical peaks, and European investors hold €440 billion in U.S. tech stocks. The bank draws parallels with past tech bubbles and advises preparation for a possible downturn, noting limited government intervention capabilities.
Wall Street analysts issued upgrades, downgrades, and initiations for several companies. Upgrades include Analog Devices (ADI) to Outperform at Bernstein, Etsy (ETSY) to Buy at Bank of America, and Merck & Co (MRK) to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Downgrades include Allstate (ALL) to Underperform at Keefe Bruyette and TJX Companies (TJX) to Neutral at Citigroup. Initiations include Alphabet (GOOGL) and Shopify (SHOP) with Buy ratings at Rosenblatt.
Over the past 7 days, alphai's AI scored 250 news stories mentioning GOOGN (Alphabet Inc.). Coverage has skewed bullish: 113 bullish, 110 neutral, and 27 bearish.
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In the last 30 days, GOOGN insiders filed 2 SEC Form 4 transactions — no purchases and 2 sales ($177K). The most active reporter was ARNOLD FRANCES with 1 filing. 100% of those filings were made under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans.
Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo has developed a custom chip for its robotaxis, moving away from third-party suppliers like Nvidia Corp. The chip, produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., enhances vehicle performance and reduces costs. Waymo claims it matches Nvidia's latest systems in processing power, with over 1,000 TOPS.
The ECB warns that heavy investments in AI may be unsustainable, potentially leading to a global stock market crash. Valuations resemble historical peaks, and European investors hold €440 billion in U.S. tech stocks. The bank draws parallels with past tech bubbles and advises preparation for a possible downturn, noting limited government intervention capabilities.
Wall Street analysts issued upgrades, downgrades, and initiations for several companies. Upgrades include Analog Devices (ADI) to Outperform at Bernstein, Etsy (ETSY) to Buy at Bank of America, and Merck & Co (MRK) to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Downgrades include Allstate (ALL) to Underperform at Keefe Bruyette and TJX Companies (TJX) to Neutral at Citigroup. Initiations include Alphabet (GOOGL) and Shopify (SHOP) with Buy ratings at Rosenblatt.
Amazon plans to expand Prime Air drone deliveries to 500 U.S. cities by year-end, with constraints on range and locations. Stripe acquires OpenRouter for $7.5B (per NYT) to enhance AI routing capabilities. Google's Alphabet agrees to a $12.2B share purchase deal with Marvell for custom AI chips, impacting Broadcom's stock. Other tech news includes Meta's child safety trial, OpenAI's IPO plans, and Rivian's e-bike spinoff valuation.
Alphabet sold a record $5.5 billion bond in Australia, attracting over 200 investors and $20 billion in orders. This is the largest corporate bond sale in Australia outside banking and government sectors, according to reports.
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Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo has developed a custom chip for its robotaxis, moving away from third-party suppliers like Nvidia Corp. The chip, produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., enhances vehicle performance and reduces costs. Waymo claims it matches Nvidia's latest systems in processing power, with over 1,000 TOPS.
2 min readThe ECB warns that heavy investments in AI may be unsustainable, potentially leading to a global stock market crash. Valuations resemble historical peaks, and European investors hold €440 billion in U.S. tech stocks. The bank draws parallels with past tech bubbles and advises preparation for a possible downturn, noting limited government intervention capabilities.
2 min readWall Street analysts issued upgrades, downgrades, and initiations for several companies. Upgrades include Analog Devices (ADI) to Outperform at Bernstein, Etsy (ETSY) to Buy at Bank of America, and Merck & Co (MRK) to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Downgrades include Allstate (ALL) to Underperform at Keefe Bruyette and TJX Companies (TJX) to Neutral at Citigroup. Initiations include Alphabet (GOOGL) and Shopify (SHOP) with Buy ratings at Rosenblatt.
3 min readAmazon plans to expand Prime Air drone deliveries to 500 U.S. cities by year-end, with constraints on range and locations. Stripe acquires OpenRouter for $7.5B (per NYT) to enhance AI routing capabilities. Google's Alphabet agrees to a $12.2B share purchase deal with Marvell for custom AI chips, impacting Broadcom's stock. Other tech news includes Meta's child safety trial, OpenAI's IPO plans, and Rivian's e-bike spinoff valuation.
3 min readAlphabet sold a record $5.5 billion bond in Australia, attracting over 200 investors and $20 billion in orders. This is the largest corporate bond sale in Australia outside banking and government sectors, according to reports.
2 min readAustralia passed a law imposing a 2.5% levy on tech giants' advertising revenue if they don't pay local media for news content. The law targets Meta, Google, TikTok, and Microsoft's LinkedIn, with offsets for deals with publishers. The government aims to support Australian news outlets.
2 min readBerkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) increased its stock portfolio value to $299B in Q2, adding D.R. Horton (DHI) and boosting stakes in Alphabet (GOOG), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Lennar (LEN.B), New York Times (NYT), and Macy’s (M). It reduced holdings in Bank of America (BAC), Kroger (KR), Ally Financial (ALLY), and Capital One Financial (COF).
2 min readAlphabet (GOOGL) issued its first listed income securities, GOOGM and GOOGN, offering a 6.25% annual coupon. These mandatory convertible preferred stocks will automatically convert to common stock in 2029. GOOGM closed at $49.03 on August 14, 2026, with a quarterly dividend of $0.60 per share. The securities have a conversion cap limiting upside potential while absorbing full downside risk. Alphabet's Q2 2026 revenue grew 24.23% to $119.80 billion, with Google Cloud up 82% to $24.77 billion.
2 min readAlphabet (Google) ended its stock buyback program in 2026 to invest in AI infrastructure, according to a post on X. The company is now issuing debt, including long bonds with coupons around 6.5%.
1 min readBillionaire Stanley Druckenmiller sold Micron (MU) and Intel (INTC) in Q2, adding Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG). Micron benefits from AI-driven memory demand, while Intel faces challenges. AMD leads in CPU market share and AI inference. Alphabet leverages cloud computing and custom AI chips.
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