Alphabet News - February 2026
Trump Bans Anthropic AI From Federal Agencies Over Refusal to Remove Model Safeguards
President Donald Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using technology from artificial intelligence firm Anthropic. In a post on Truth Social, Trump...
Perplexity Computer Debuts as Autonomous Digital Worker Orchestrating OpenAI and Google Models
Perplexity launched Perplexity Computer to transition its platform from an answer engine into an autonomous digital worker. The system unifies various AI...
Google Deploys Nano Banana 2 Across Search and Gemini to Challenge OpenAI
Google launched Nano Banana 2, the successor to its viral AI image generation model. The company is integrating the tool across its product ecosystem,...
Google and Xcel Energy Partner on 1.9GW Clean Energy Deal with World’s Largest 100-Hour Battery
Google and Xcel Energy have finalized a clean energy agreement to power a new data center in Pine Island, Minnesota. The partnership facilitates the addition...
Anthropic Accuses Chinese AI Labs of Bypassing US Export Controls via Industrial Scale Claude Model Distillation
Anthropic has accused three Chinese AI firms—DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax—of illicitly extracting capabilities from its Claude models. The company claims...
Pentagon Threatens Anthropic With Supply Chain Risk Designation Over Refusal to Remove AI Safeguards
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon for a meeting regarding the military use of the Claude AI model. The...
Google Targets Smaller Clouds and Crypto-Miners to Challenge Nvidia’s AI Chip Lead
Google is expanding the market for its custom Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in the artificial intelligence hardware sector....
Three Former Google Engineers Indicted for Stealing Tensor Chip Secrets for Iran
U.S. authorities have indicted three former Google engineers for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to the company’s Tensor processor technology. The...
Alphabet Unveils America-India Connect Initiative to Anchor Global AI Infrastructure
Alphabet’s Google launched the "America-India Connect" initiative to establish new strategic fiber-optic routes between the U.S. and India. The project...
AI Arms Race Accelerates as Anthropic and xAI Lead Record Funding Surge
U.S.-based artificial intelligence startups raised unprecedented capital in early 2026. This intense funding activity signals a massive acceleration of the...
Adani Group Commits $100 Billion to AI Infrastructure to Anchor $250 Billion Ecosystem
Adani Group will invest $100 billion by 2035 to develop hyperscale, AI-ready data centers powered by renewable energy. The initiative aims to build the world's...
India Convenes Tech Giants and 20+ Nations for Inaugural AI Impact Summit to Shape Global Governance
India is hosting the inaugural AI Impact Summit in New Delhi from February 16-20. This five-day event positions the nation as a central player in the global...
Pentagon Weighs Ending Anthropic Partnership Over AI Ethics as Rivals Signal Flexibility
The U.S. Department of Defense is considering terminating its partnership with Anthropic following a standoff over the military applications of the Claude AI...
Alphabet Secures $27 Billion in Debt for AI Expansion Amid New EU Antitrust Probe
Alphabet Inc. closed a significant multi-currency debt offering on February 13, 2026. The issuance includes $20 billion in U.S. dollar-denominated senior...
Twilio Co-Founder’s Inertia Raises $450M for Fusion Laser to Meet AI Energy Demand
Inertia Enterprises, a fusion power startup founded by Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson, raised $450 million in a Series A funding round. Bessemer Venture...
Apptronik Hits $5B Valuation Following $520M Series A Extension to Scale Humanoid Robots
Humanoid robotics firm Apptronik secured $520 million in a Series A extension, bringing the total for the round to over $935 million. The company’s total...
Tony Wu Resigns from xAI, Raising Stability Concerns After Fifth Co-Founder Exit
Tony Wu, a co-founder of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, resigned on February 10, 2026. His departure marks the fifth exit from the original...
Alphabet Finalizes Record $32 Billion Wiz Acquisition to Pivot Toward Enterprise Security
Alphabet has finalized its record-breaking $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Wiz. This transaction represents the largest purchase in the company's...
Anthropic to Build Own Data Centers to Break Reliance on Cloud Giants
Anthropic is building its own data center infrastructure to reduce long-term dependence on cloud computing giants. The AI startup hired a team of industry...
Waymo Achieves Commercial Scale, Integrates DeepMind AI Model for Self-Driving Training
Alphabet's autonomous driving unit, Waymo, has achieved significant commercial scale, providing 400,000 paid rides per week across over 20 cities and...
Anthropic Eyes $350 Billion Valuation in Massive Tender Offer and Funding Round
Anthropic is arranging a tender offer that allows employees to sell shares at a valuation of at least $350 billion. The company is also negotiating a potential...
Alphabet Shares Sink as $185B AI Spending Plan Overshadows Record Q4 Earnings
Alphabet reported Q4 2026 revenue of $97.23 billion. This performance exceeded analyst consensus by $2.03 billion. The company recorded 17% growth in its...
Alphabet Shares Sink as $185B AI Capex Forecast Overshadows Q4 Earnings Beat
Alphabet (GOOGL) shares declined significantly despite the company reporting fourth-quarter 2025 earnings that surpassed analyst expectations. The company...
SpaceX Acquires xAI to Launch Million-Satellite Orbital Data Center Network
SpaceX has acquired Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, to form a combined entity focused on developing orbital data centers. This merger aims to address the...
🔴 GOOGL is trading 3.2% down today as massive 2026 AI spending plans overshadow a Q4 earnings beat
GOOGL is trading at $322.39, down 3.2% in pre-market after Alphabet's massive 2026 AI spending plans overshadowed a Q4 earnings beat. • Alphabet beat Q4...
Alphabet Shares Slip After Earnings Beat on Shock $185 Billion 2026 Capex Forecast
Alphabet reported robust Q4 2025 results, posting an EPS of $2.82 and revenue of $113.83 billion, both exceeding consensus, though the strong performance was...
Alphabet's Waymo Secures $16 Billion Funding Round, Driving Pre-Market Gains
Alphabet's autonomous driving unit, Waymo, finalized a massive $16 billion funding round, valuing the company at $126 billion and boosting its competitive...