
Google owner Alphabet's share price drops overnight - have investors had enough of spending on AI?
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The parent company of Google, Alphabet, saw its share price open on Wednesday more than seven per cent lower than Tuesday’s close, following their latest financial results release. Alphabet isn’t the only big company expected to show bigger returns for ever-bigger spending on AI, and quickly. Expectation of ‘flawless execution’ open image in gallery “In a period when we have seen AI supposedly become less capital intensive with the introduction of DeepSeek, Alphabet has committed a 43 per cent increase in capital expenditure for 2025. Investors expect flawless execution from the tech giant, yet weaker than expected growth in cloud computing implies the AI craze isn’t automatically turning into big bucks for infrastructure providers.
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