{"id":23331,"date":"2026-06-02T09:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/google-owner-alphabet-to-sell-80bn-in-stock-to-fund-ai-spending-spree\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T09:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:37:16","slug":"google-owner-alphabet-to-sell-80bn-in-stock-to-fund-ai-spending-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/google-owner-alphabet-to-sell-80bn-in-stock-to-fund-ai-spending-spree\/","title":{"rendered":"Google owner Alphabet to sell $80bn in stock to fund AI spending spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of largest equity fundraisings ever includes $10bn share sale to US investment group Berkshire Hathaway<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/jun\/02\/alphabet-80bn-share-sales-ai-spending-berkshire-hathaway-stock-markets-oil-interest-rates-inflation-latest-news-updates\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google\u2019s parent company Alphabet has said it plans to raise up to $80bn (\u00a359bn) in equity to fund its vast artificial intelligence infrastructure investments, raising further questions over the economics of the AI boom.<\/p>\n<p>The move, one of the largest equity fundraisings ever globally, includes a $10bn share sale to the US investment group Berkshire Hathaway, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/may\/03\/warren-buffett-retirement-berkshire-hathaway\">led until last year<\/a> by the retired investment guru Warren Buffett for 60 years.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jun\/02\/google-alphabet-sell-stock-ai-share-sale-berkshire-hathaway\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f5adbec185ec7c6d129ea3f1116b6c893ffd6018\/558_0_5000_4000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1e274398b48b61390cf8570a0a1f4855\" title=\"Google owner Alphabet to sell $80bn in stock to fund AI spending spree\" \/>One of largest equity fundraisings ever includes $10bn share sale to US investment group Berkshire Hathaway<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nGoogle\u2019s parent company Alphabet has said it plans to raise up to $80bn (\u00a359bn) in equity to fund its vast artificial intelligence infrastructure investments, raising further questions over the economics of the AI boom.<br \/>\nThe move, one of the largest equity fundraisings ever globally, includes a $10bn share sale to the US investment group Berkshire Hathaway, which was led until last year by the retired investment guru Warren Buffett for 60 years. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of largest equity fundraisings ever includes $10bn share sale to US investment group Berkshire Hathaway Business live \u2013 latest updates Google\u2019s parent company Alphabet has said it plans to raise up to $80bn (\u00a359bn) in equity to fund its vast artificial intelligence infrastructure investments, raising further questions over the economics of the AI boom. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/google-owner-alphabet-to-sell-80bn-in-stock-to-fund-ai-spending-spree\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google owner Alphabet to sell $80bn in stock to fund AI spending spree<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23331"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}