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Big Bets on Humanoids: Apptronik Raises $520m as Google and Mercedes-Ben z Join Strategic Backers
Apptronik has closed a $520m A‑X round, bringing its Series A total to over $935m and nearly $1bn raised overall. The financing attracted strategic investors from tech, automotive, telecom and agriculture, underscoring renewed appetite for commercialising humanoid robots and signalling a new phase where big corporate money supports the transition from lab prototypes to industrial pilots.
Google Turns AI Answers into a Checkout: Shopping Moves Inside Search and Gemini
Google is experimenting with a feature that enables direct purchases inside Search and its Gemini chatbot, aiming to monetise AI-driven interactions by turning answers into transactions. The initiative could reshape digital advertising and e-commerce economics, while raising privacy and competition questions.
EU Clears Google’s $32bn Blitz into Cloud Security — A Big Bet to Close the Cloud Gap
The EU has approved Google’s $32 billion acquisition of cloud‑security firm Wiz, following U.S. clearance and capping a major strategic move by Google Cloud to bolster its enterprise security offerings. The purchase is likely to accelerate consolidation in cloud security and sharpen competitive pressure on rivals and independent vendors.
Google Pays a Premium for Cloud Security: EU Clears $32bn Acquisition of Wiz
The EU has approved Google’s $32 billion acquisition of cloud-security startup Wiz, following U.S. clearance, underscoring Google's push to strengthen Google Cloud’s security capabilities. The transaction sets a high-water mark for valuations in cloud security and will reshape competition among cloud providers and security vendors.
Alphabet Sells Rare 100‑Year Sterling Bond as Tech Giants Tap Debt Markets for AI Spending
Alphabet issued a rare £1 billion, 100‑year sterling bond that was nearly ten times oversubscribed as part of a broader, multi‑currency debt programme that included a $20 billion dollar deal. The financing push supports massive AI and cloud capital spending and forms part of a larger wave of tech corporate borrowing that may push 2026 issuance to record levels.
Alphabet Taps Debt Market for $20bn AI War Chest as OpenAI Readies ChatGPT Upgrade
Alphabet plans to raise about $20 billion through dollar bonds, including very long-dated tranches, to fund AI and other growth initiatives. The move coincides with OpenAI reporting renewed user-growth momentum and preparing to release an upgraded chat model, underlining an intensifying AI competition that is reshaping corporate finance decisions.
Alphabet Prepares $15bn Bond Sale to Fuel an AI Spending Boom — Even as Investors Warily Watch for Oversupply
Alphabet is seeking about $15 billion in a multi‑tranche bond sale to help fund a sharply higher capital expenditure plan focused on AI infrastructure, including long‑dated maturities and potential foreign‑currency issuance. The offering underscores how major tech firms are increasingly relying on debt to finance a costly AI arms race that has drawn strong investor demand but raised concerns about overinvestment and long‑term returns.
Google Goes All‑In on AI: $180bn Capex Bet Turns Search Giant into Infrastructure Warfighter
Alphabet reported strong 2025 results, with revenue growth and rising search and cloud momentum, yet surprised markets by guiding roughly $180 billion of capital expenditure for 2026 to accelerate AI infrastructure. The plan deepens Google’s hardware‑and‑energy play, raises barriers to competition and creates short‑term pressures on earnings through higher depreciation and cash burn.
Google Doubles Down on AI Compute: $175–185bn CapEx, Gemini Adoption, and a Cloud Surge
Alphabet reported strong 2025 results and announced a dramatic increase in 2026 capital expenditure — $175–185 billion — to scale AI compute and data‑centre capacity. Gemini 3 adoption, a 48% jump in cloud revenue, and falling model service costs underpin management’s argument that the spending is necessary to meet surging AI demand.
Google’s AI Bet: Gemini Hits 750m Users as Alphabet Pledges Up to $185bn in Capex
Alphabet beat earnings expectations but stunned markets by guiding $175–185bn of capital expenditure for the year, roughly double 2025’s outlay. Google Cloud’s 48% revenue growth and Gemini’s rapid user adoption — helped by a new Siri partnership with Apple — underpin the company’s aggressive push for AI infrastructure, even as investors fret about near‑term returns.
Turkey Opens New Antitrust Front Against Google over Android Defaults and Anti‑Fork Rules
Turkey’s Competition Authority has opened a new probe into Google, alleging that financial incentives and contractual clauses tied to Android effectively preserve Google’s pre‑installation and default positions for search and browsers. The inquiry examines anti‑forking provisions and developer verification rules to assess whether Google’s revised contracts perpetuate anti‑competitive effects despite earlier enforcement actions.
Turkey Opens Fresh Antitrust Probe into Google’s Android Deals, Targeting ‘Optional’ Contracts and Anti‑Fork Rules
Turkey’s competition authority has launched an investigation into Google’s mobile contracts, alleging the company uses financial incentives and contractual clauses to maintain the default status of its search and browser apps. The probe will assess whether new contract structures and anti‑fork provisions let Google evade prior remedies and harm competition in the mobile ecosystem.