{"id":18336,"date":"2026-07-23T17:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=18336"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:58:11","slug":"google-and-tesla-shares-plunge-as-ai-spending-rattles-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=18336","title":{"rendered":"Google and Tesla shares plunge as AI spending rattles markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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the money retained after paying for operations and investments &#8211; in financial results on Wednesday, alongside promises to spend billions more in the months and years to come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was the first time Google had seen the cash metric turn negative since it became a public company in 2004, according to its financial records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As major tech companies race to capitalize on a new wave of AI technology, investors are wondering when financial benefits will show up. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Alphabet now expects to spend as much as $205bn this year, mainly on AI projects and infrastructure, a $15bn increase from a spending estimate it gave just three months ago. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Meanwhile, Tesla expects this year to spend up to $25bn on unspecified projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There is still a healthy degree of scepticism about the ability of these investments to generate a commensurate level of return,&#8221; Russ Mould, an investment director at AJ Bell, said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Alphabet&#8217;s combined quarterly revenue hit $119.8bn, up 23% compared with the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Though Google parent Alphabet saw its business continue to grow in recent months, heavy spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure pushed its leftover cash into negative territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The company&#8217;s free cash flow came in at negative $5.9bn (\u00a34.3bn) for the first time in at least a decade, according to its past financial records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Its stock quickly fell 4% in after-hours trading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Anat Ashkanazi, Google&#8217;s chief financial officer, noted on a call with financial analysts that the company had recorded negative free cash flow due to growing capital expenditures, essentially all of which were related to AI spending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said the company spent $45bn in the second quarter, with 60% of the cost going towards servers and the remaining 40% going towards data centres. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Alphabet&#8217;s capital spending was $36bn in the first quarter of this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ashkanazi said on the call that when it comes to AI, &#8220;the demand still outpaces that investment&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;As long as we see these attractive opportunities to invest, we will continue to invest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sundar Pichai, Google&#8217;s chief executive, said the technological shift to AI tools and capabilities still &#8220;feels like early innings in a shift across multiple areas&#8221; and the company&#8217;s plans around generating financial returns on its spending were &#8220;disciplined&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;What I see with what you can do with frontier capabilities, there is still a lot of work left to do to translate that into experiences for our users. 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