Alphabet

Quick read

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, was founded in July 2015 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. It reported Q1 2026 revenues of $109.9 billion—up 22% year-over-year—with Google Cloud revenue surging 63% to $20 billion on AI demand. Its AI-first strategy now touches search, cloud, autonomous vehicles (Waymo), drug discovery (Isomorphic Labs), and custom silicon (TPUs).

Key facts

Founded

July 2015

Employees

190820

Sectors

ai, enterprise, saas, hardware, biotech

Website

google.com

Mission

Alphabet organizes the world's information through Google and bets on long-term technology including AI, autonomous vehicles, life sciences, and custom silicon via its Other Bets portfolio.

Recent activity

• Jun 2026fundraise
  Alphabet announced an $80 billion equity raise — its first since its 2004 IPO era — to fund AI compute infrastructure. The deal included a $10 billion direct investment from Berkshire Hathaway and a $30 billion underwritten offering that was oversubscribed, pushing the total to approximately $85 billion. GOOGL shares fell roughly 4% on the news. The raise splits into ~$40 billion for AI infrastructure and ~$40 billion to cover tax obligations tied to employee equity vesting. cnbc.com
• Jun 2026press
  Goldman Sachs International co-CEO Anthony Gutman described Alphabet's $80 billion stock sale as 'unprecedented territory' for capital markets. Goldman Sachs analysts estimate US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta — will collectively spend around $800 billion on AI-related capital investment in 2026. cnbc.com
• Jun 2026press
  Melius Research warned that Alphabet's free cash flow is likely to turn negative for several years as AI capital expenditure ramps up. Alphabet had already secured more than $55 billion in fresh debt since November 2025 before announcing the equity raise. Full-year capex guidance was raised to as much as $190 billion. cnbc.com
• May 2026product
  At Google I/O 2026 on May 19, Alphabet announced Gemini Omni (an AI video generator), new AI agents across Search and the Gemini app, Personal Intelligence features now available in 190+ countries, and the 8th generation of its TPU chips. OpenAI, Kakao, and Eleven Labs also signed on to adopt Google's SynthID AI content watermarking standard. wired.com
• May 2026press
  Alphabet shares hit a record high in mid-May 2026, up approximately 120% over the prior year, before a four-week pullback ahead of the equity issuance announcement. cnbc.com
• Apr 2026press
  Alphabet reported Q1 2026 results: consolidated revenues of $109.9 billion (+22% YoY), Google Cloud revenue up 63% to $20 billion. GOOGL stock rose 6%+ after hours. mirrorreview.com
• Apr 2026product
  Sundar Pichai confirmed Waymo surpassed 500,000 fully autonomous rides per week (doubling in under a year) and now operates in 11 major U.S. cities, with six new cities added in 2026 alone. blog.google
• Apr 2026product
  Google disclosed it will begin delivering its custom TPU AI chips to external customers in H2 2026, with broader expansion planned for 2027. cnbc.com
• Feb 2026fundraise
  Waymo raised $16 billion in a funding round led by Mubadala, with Alphabet participating alongside other investors. tracxn.com
• 2026fundraise
  Isomorphic Labs, an Alphabet AI drug-discovery subsidiary, closed a $2.1 billion Series B—one of the largest biotech rounds of 2026—with partnerships already in place with Novartis, Eli Lilly, and Johnson & Johnson. analyticsinsight.net
• 2026press
  Alphabet, alongside Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft, is projected to collectively invest ~$650 billion in AI infrastructure in 2026, per Bridgewater Associates. en.wikipedia.org
• Jul 2024leadership
  Anat Ashkenazi became CFO of Alphabet, succeeding Ruth Porat effective July 31, 2024. abc.xyz

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Sundar Pichai · CEO
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• Anat Ashkenazi · CFO
• Ruth Porat · Former CFO / SVP
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• Frances Arnold · Board Member
• R. Martin Chávez · Board Member
• Demis Hassabis · CEO
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• Jeff Dean · Chief Scientist at Google
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• Larry Page · Co-founder
• Sergey Brin · Co-founder (returned)
• Prabhakar Raghavan · Chief Technologist
• Philipp Schindler · Chief Business Officer

Sources

• Alphabet Q1 2026: Cloud Revenue Soars 63% to $20 Billion
• Alphabet earnings call, Q1 2026: Sundar Pichai's remarks
• Google I/O primer: Alphabet's AI showcase is its chance to wow Wall Street
• Alphabet Inc. — Wikipedia
• Isomorphic Labs $2.1B Series B and Alphabet funding activity
• Alphabet 2026 Company Profile — Tracxn
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/alphabet-to-raise-80-billion-from-stock-sales-to-fund-ai-buildout.html
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/03/alphabet-stock-sale-goldman-international-gutman.html
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/alphabet-ai-data-center-financing.html
• https://www.wired.com/story/everything-google-announced-at-google-io-2026/

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