Alphabet

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, is a multinational conglomerate focused on technology and innovation. Led by CEO Sundar Pichai, Alphabet operates through numerous divisions including Google, YouTube, Waymo, and Calico. With a market capitalization of over $1 trillion, Alphabet is a leader in search, advertising, and artificial intelligence. Its competitors include tech giants such as Amazon, Apple, and Facebook.

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The Electric: Rebranded as Defense Manufacturers, Next-Gen Battery Startups Are Finally Earning Revenue

By Steve LeVine · Dec 29, 2025 4:30am PST

Drones, AI data centers and the power grid are almost all anyone in the battery industry can talk about. Drones, AI data centers and the power grid are almost all anyone in the battery industry can talk...

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How Elon Musk’s Promises for Self-Driving, AI and Robots Clashed With Reality

By Theo Wayt · Dec 28, 2025 3:00pm PST · 7 comments

Whether you consider Elon Musk a visionary or a liar, he has a long record of publicly setting aggressive deadlines that his companies don’t meet. Barring any big breakthroughs over the next few days, the 2025 list will include high-profile promises on robotics manufacturing, robotaxis and AI models that fell short. On one hand, that’s... Whether you consider Elon Musk a visionary or a liar, he has a long record of publicly setting...

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A $4 Billion Enterprise Software Firm Acquires AI Coding Startup Codegen

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Dec 23, 2025 7:00am PST

This year has been a big one for AI coding startup acquisitions. Who can forget the dramatic Google-Windsurf-Cognition saga from this summer? And this month alone, Anthropic acquired developer tool startup Bun and Cursor bought code review startup Graphite.Another coding deal is sneaking in before the end of the year. ClickUp, a $4... This year has been a big one for AI coding startup acquisitions. Who can forget the dramatic ...

Anduril CEO and co-founder of Erebor Bank, Palmer Luckey. Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty.

Crypto’s Banking Woes Are Not Over

By Yueqi Yang · Dec 22, 2025 5:00pm PST

Anduril CEO and co-founder of Erebor Bank, Palmer Luckey. Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty.

Crypto’s Banking Woes Are Not Over

By Yueqi Yang · Dec 22, 2025 5:00pm PST

The crypto world has gotten some early Christmas presents. The Securities and Exchange Commission has dismissed some Biden-era lawsuits, and the industry has helped push through landmark stablecoin legislation. Crypto companies have also made strides on a lingering problem: access to the mainstream financial system. But that is still a... The crypto world has gotten some early Christmas presents. The Securities and Exchange Commission...

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AI Infrastructure

Why Data Centers Are Falling Behind Schedule; Jensen Huang’s Power Summit

By Anissa Gardizy · Dec 22, 2025 9:24am PST · 1 comment

You’re about to start hearing a lot about data center delays. In fact, executives and investors I’ve been speaking with expect this will be one of the defining themes of 2026, as delays separate world-class operators from the rest of the pack. But to understand what this will actually mean for the artificial intelligence buildout, it helps... You’re about to start hearing a lot about data center delays. In fact, executives and investors I...

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Inside the Balancing Act Over Google’s Compute Crunch

By Erin Woo · Dec 19, 2025 6:00am PST · 1 comment

Earlier this year, Google convened a group of its top executives to address what some staffers see as an existential problem: the company doesn’t have enough computer chips for everyone who wants them. A shortage of computing capacity was creating internal tensions, as leaders of Google’s varied product areas struggled to agree on where Google... Earlier this year, Google convened a group of its top executives to address what some staffers...

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OpenAI Has Discussed Raising Tens of Billions at Valuation Around $750 Billion

By Sri Muppidi and Katie Roof · Dec 17, 2025 4:15pm PST · 11 comments

OpenAI has held preliminary discussions with some investors about raising new funding at a valuation of around $750 billion, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions. It could raise tens of billions of dollars, and as much as $100 billion, according to two of the people. Talks are early and nothing has been finalized. A... OpenAI has held preliminary discussions with some investors about raising new funding at a...

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OpenAI, Anthropic Discuss Data Deals With Biotech and Other Companies

By Valida Pau and Stephanie Palazzolo · Dec 17, 2025 6:30am PST

Sam Altman. Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno/ Getty Images

OpenAI, Anthropic Discuss Data Deals With Biotech and Other Companies

By Valida Pau and Stephanie Palazzolo · Dec 17, 2025 6:30am PST

OpenAI, Anthropic and Google have been on the prowl for specialized data to train their AI models, discussing deals with startups and public companies to license datasets on topics such as genomics. In the last several months, for instance, staff at OpenAI spoke to life sciences diagnostics vendor Revvity, accounting software firm Xero and... OpenAI, Anthropic and Google have been on the prowl for specialized data to train their AI...

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Waymo to Join the $100 Billion Club

By Katie Roof · Dec 16, 2025 4:45pm PST

The boom times for startup fundraising are likely to roll into the new year. As I scooped earlier Tuesday, self-driving car service Waymo is expected to raise billions of dollars at a $100 billion valuation, more than double its last valuation.It’s the latest sign that while public markets quake, private investors are still eager to put money... The boom times for startup fundraising are likely to roll into the new year. As I scooped earlier...

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Waymo Discusses Raising Billions at More Than $100 Billion Valuation

By Katie Roof · Dec 16, 2025 2:29pm PST · 7 comments

Waymo is in early talks with potential investors to raise more money at a valuation of at least $100 billion, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. The size of the round will at least be several billions of dollars, possibly even more than $10 billion, one of the people said. The exact valuation has not been set and the funding... Waymo is in early talks with potential investors to raise more money at a valuation of at least...

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The Information Finance

SpaceX's Retail Moment

By Cory Weinberg · Dec 10, 2025 8:00am PST · 1 comment

It’s Elon Musk. It’s space. It’s Elon Musk trying to put data centers in space and go to Mars. If Musk’s SpaceX does indeed list its shares in a blockbuster initial public offering next year, expect retail traders to hit the “buy” button furiously in their Robinhood app. Institutional investors, and later index funds, will face pressure to buy,... It’s Elon Musk. It’s space. It’s Elon Musk trying to put data centers in space and go to Mars. If...

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OpenAI Pivots to Counter Gemini 3

By The Information Staff · Dec 3, 2025 12:37pm PST · 1 comment

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OpenAI Pivots to Counter Gemini 3

By The Information Staff · Dec 3, 2025 12:37pm PST · 1 comment

OpenAI has fundamentally shifted from a position of unchallenged dominance to a defensive “code red” as Google made gains in a part of the AI model development process that OpenAI has struggled in for the last 12 months. We asked Deep Research to analyze Sam Altman’s urgent pivot to the new “Garlic” model and the resulting delay of commercial... OpenAI has fundamentally shifted from a position of unchallenged dominance to a defensive “code...

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The Information’s 2025 Gift Guide

By The Information Staff · Nov 28, 2025 8:30am PST · 5 comments

Here at The Information, we approach the holidays with the same mindset that guides our reporting on the world’s most powerful people and largest companies throughout the rest of the year. This is all to say: We focus on dispensing nothing but the no-holds-barred truth. So each year, our annual gift guide features only items we know and... Here at The Information, we approach the holidays with the same mindset that guides our reporting...

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Oracle-Linked Borrowing Binge Worries Lenders

By Miles Kruppa · Nov 25, 2025 6:00am PST

Construction lending was a relatively sleepy corner of Wall Street until Oracle stepped up to become one of OpenAI’s biggest cloud providers, leading to a flood of debt to help build new data centers for the database giant. The volume of borrowing is making some lenders leery. Companies building data centers for Oracle have borrowed at least... Construction lending was a relatively sleepy corner of Wall Street until Oracle stepped up to...

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How Trump’s TikTok Tactics Helped Meta Win Antitrust Case

By Martin Peers · Nov 18, 2025 5:00pm PST

For once, the latest multibillion-dollar AI deal—this time Microsoft and Nvidia investing in Anthropic—isn’t the day’s biggest tech news development. (Skip down for details on that story.) More important was a Washington judge’s ruling on Tuesday that Meta Platforms isn’t a monopoly. So much for all those breathless headlines suggesting Meta... For once, the latest multibillion-dollar AI deal—this time Microsoft and Nvidia investing in...