Alphabet Breaks Two-Decade Funding Habit Amid AI Investment Surge

Alphabet (GOOGL) experienced a sharp decline of over 9% following reports that its Gemini 3.5 Pro AI model is delayed and the company broke two decades of self-funding by raising $80 billion through an equity offering to support its aggressive AI spending plans.

By Ananda Banerjee Mon, July 20, 2026 at 6:06 PM GMT+3 6 min read · Yahoo Finance ·

Alphabet Breaks Two-Decade Funding Habit Amid AI Investment Surge

Tickers: $GOOGL

Topics: AI investment capex increase equity raise free cash flow decline

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