Gemini 4 Carbon's Top Ranking Fails to Mask Disappointing Earnings: The Bill for Google's AI Gamble
Alphabet's third-quarter revenue rose 25% year-over-year to $127.58 billion, while net profit fell 25% year-over-year to $26.17 billion, free cash flow was negative more than $9 billion, and the stock fell nearly 10% in after-hours trading. Capital expenditures of $51.4 billion were mostly directed toward AI infrastructure, and CFO Anat Ashkenazi maintained the full-year 2026 capital expenditure range of $195 billion to $205 billion unchanged. Hours before the earnings release, Google launched Gemini 4 Carbon, which topped the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with a score of 59, but it has not yet opened a public API and is initially available only to some cybersecurity professionals.
Alphabet's third-quarter revenue rose 25% year-over-year to $127.58 billion, while net profit fell 25% year-over-year to $26.17 billion, free cash flow was negative more than $9 billion, and the stock fell nearly 10% in after-hours trading. Capital expenditures of $51.4 billion were mostly directed toward AI infrastructure, and CFO Anat Ashkenazi maintained the full-year 2026 capital expenditure range of $195 billion to $205 billion unchanged. Hours before the earnings release, Google launched G
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