Google keeps finding new ways to crash the stock market's AI party
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Google parent Alphabet is throwing its hat in the stock-offering ring with $80 billion of planned financing. The announcement comes at a time when investors are gearing up for OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX to go public. Investors may elect to buy Alphabet stock rather than shares of newly public AI unicorns. At this point, investors have come to expect a certain level of disruption from Alphabet. Once an afterthought, the Google parent stormed the gates of the AI trade in late 2025 and hasn't relented since. Let's run down the ever-growing list of reasons for Alphabet's dominance: A landmark antitrust victory last September that freed the company up to go all-in on AI An investment co-sign from the ultra-picky Berkshire Hathaway A firm foundation of existing high-margin businesses, like Google Search and YouTube A presence in self-driving cars, via Waymo A Gemini 3 chatbot that's considered one of the best in class Plans ...
