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Google remains in third place in the cloud market, after Microsoft and Amazon.com Inc., but the company’s prowess in AI has helped it score client wins. The unit is widely viewed as Alphabet’s strongest source of growth as the main search business matures.
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Google’s AI push pays off with solid second quarter, but doubts about company’s future persist
That balancing act helped Google parent Alphabet Inc. earn $28.2 billion, or $2.31 per share, during the second quarter, a 19% increase from the same time last year. Revenue climbed 14% from a year ago to $96.4 billion. Both figures easily eclipsed analysts’ projections.
Alphabet posted its second-quarter earnings after Wednesday's closing bell, beating on the headline numbers. Investors will be focused on the state of the search business as AI answers become more prevalent,
Alphabet Inc.'s strong second quarter showcases cash flow, cloud growth, and strategic AI investments. Click to see why GOOG stock is a top value pick.
Google is all-in on AI, and based on the company’s latest quarterly earnings, AI has been good for its bottom line. In a press release for Alphabet’s Q2 2025 earnings, CEO Sundar Pichai says that “AI is positively impacting every part of the business” and that features like AI Overviews and AI Mode are “performing well.”
Alphabet , faced with unprecedented threats from AI rivals, will be keen to assure investors this week that the company's own spending on the technology is helping it dig a deeper moat around its search and advertising businesses.
The rise of artificial-intelligence agents, which can make decisions and take action, could give a boost to the biggest cloud-computing providers this earnings season, including Alphabet. Ted Mortonson,