Alphabet Sinks 6%, Amazon Slides 4% Amid AI Capex Anxiety Across the Hyperscalers
Investors worried Alphabet’s 2026 AI spending, which tops $452 billion across hyperscalers, may not produce returns fast enough as key DeepMind researchers leave.
- Alphabet shares sank 6% on Monday, pacing for their worst day in a year as investors fretted over artificial intelligence monetization and two high-profile research departures.
- Google's talent concerns began last week when vice president of engineering Noam Shazeer left for OpenAI, followed by DeepMind VP John Jumper announcing Friday he is joining rival Anthropic.
- Aggregate hyperscaler capital expenditures top $452 billion for 2026, raising fears that artificial intelligence monetization is lagging behind the aggressive infrastructure buildout.
- Broader tech weakness followed, with Amazon sliding 4% and a Bloomberg index tracking the Magnificent Seven stocks falling 2.2% as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella questioned dependence on "AI Giants."
- While Reddit sentiment turned bearish at 32, some analysts view the pullback as a buying opportunity for dominant franchises trading at 18 to 22 times earnings with strong long-term growth prospects.
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Google's matrix, Alphabet, suffered one of its worst days in a year on the stock market due to concerns about the leaking of major executives related to the artificial intelligence area, leaving, in the hands of Apple, second place in the ranking of the world's most valuable companies.The roles of the firm that owns the Internet's most popular web search engine collapsed 5,08% to $348.78 per unit.With this result, the firm's market cap dropped t…
Google stock drops 7% as loss of top AI talent to OpenAI and Anthropic deepens investor concerns - Tech Startups
Google’s AI spending spree was supposed to reassure Wall Street that the company could keep its edge in the race against OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft. Instead, investors got a very different signal this week: two of the company’s most prominent […] The post Google stock drops 7% as loss of top AI talent to OpenAI and Anthropic deepens investor concerns first appeared on Tech Startups.
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