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Updated · The Motley Fool · Jul 6

Berkshire Buys $10 Billion of Alphabet Shares as Google Funds $80 Billion AI Buildout

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Updated · The Motley Fool · Jul 6

Berkshire Buys $10 Billion of Alphabet Shares as Google Funds $80 Billion AI Buildout

3 articles · Updated · The Motley Fool · Jul 6

$10 billion of new Alphabet shares were bought by Berkshire Hathaway in a private placement, split evenly between Class A and Class C stock.
The purchase came after Alphabet launched an $80 billion equity raise to finance artificial-intelligence infrastructure, extending Berkshire's accumulation of the company.
13F filings show Berkshire first disclosed Alphabet in the third quarter of 2025 with 17.8 million shares, then expanded the stake to about 54 million by the end of the first quarter of 2026.
Alphabet's search dominance, YouTube, Android, Google Cloud and newer AI bets fit Berkshire's long-held preference for durable, cash-generative businesses it can own for decades.
The deal also adds to a broader wave of giant equity offerings, after Alphabet, SpaceX and SK Hynix together raised roughly $200 billion in recent weeks.

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