CEO Sundar Pichai said in an October 20 podcast interview that Google Cloud is giving up short-term revenue so frontier AI research gets first claim on computing power. He called Google DeepMind’s compute needs “non-negotiable” and said serving new customers asking for 2027 capacity would be “incredibly difficult,” but did not say how much Cloud revenue is being given up. OpenAI’s models began rolling out on Google Cloud in private preview on October 21, and customers can pay for them by drawing down Google Cloud spend commitments. Consensus expects 2027 revenue around $627 billion and free cash flow near negative $37 billion, deeper than the roughly negative $32 billion TIKR cited on September 25. A pending class action alleges Alphabet misled investors about delays to Gemini 3.5 Pro, though those allegations remain unproven.
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| Market | US stocks |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Industry | Interactive Media & Services |
| Market cap | $4.3T |
| Close on 10/22/2026 | 324.21 |
| Change that session | -3.15% |
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