Alphabet Q2 preview: Cloud growth, Gemini updates and capital allocation in focus

Alphabet Q2 preview: Cloud growth, Gemini updates and capital allocation in focus

Alphabet (GOOG) Q2 earnings preview: watch Google Cloud margins, search revenue, capex and Gemini updates. Get analyst forecasts, targets and what to track.

Alphabet's Gemini Delay, Spending Worries Loom Over Earnings

Alphabet, Google's parent organisation, faces increased scrutiny from investors. A delay in the launch of a key artificial intelligence model, Gemini 3.5 Pro, has amplified existing concerns. These worries surround the financial returns from the company's extensive data-centre expenditures, months after it reported a substantial increase in cloud sales.

What to expect from Alphabet's Q2 earnings: AI, Gemini and cloud in focus

Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) will report second-quarter earnings on Wednesday after the closing bell, with investors closely watching whether the Google parent can justify its growing investments in artificial intelligence amid delays to a key AI model and intensifying competition. As the first of the "Magnificent Seven" technology companies to report earnings this season, Alphabet's results are expected to provide an early indication of demand for AI …