Alphabet shares fell 2% to $331.83 while the Nasdaq 100 rose 1%, after CEO Sundar Pichai said Google Cloud is forgoing short-term revenue to prioritize computing capacity for frontier AI work. He called giving Google DeepMind enough capacity 'non-negotiable' and said taking on new customers requesting capacity for next year would be 'incredibly difficult'. Pichai did not say how much cloud revenue is being given up, leaving the cost undefined for investors. In the same session, Microsoft fell 0.3% to $530.24 and Amazon dipped 0.5% to $261.31. The article notes that Alphabet's upcoming Q3 2026 report will show how much cloud revenue the trade-off is costing.
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▼ Likely negativeAlphabet Inc. (Class A)
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| Market | US stocks |
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| Sector | Communication Services |
| Industry | Interactive Media & Services |
| Market cap | $4.3T |
| Close on 10/20/2026 | 340.28 |
| Change that session | -1.13% |
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| Market | US stocks |
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| Sector | Consumer Discretionary |
| Industry | Broadline Retail |
| Market cap | $2.7T |
| Close on 10/20/2026 | 262.63 |
| Change that session | +0.07% |
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Relevance: low
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| Sector | ETF |
| Close on 10/20/2026 | 717.63 |
| Change that session | -0.10% |
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