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THE STORY Google’s parent Alphabet closed its record-breaking $84.75 billion equity capital raise — upsized from an initial $80B target after overwhelming investor demand. The raise comprises three parts: a $30B public offering of Class A & C shares, a $40B at-the-market program, and a $10B private placement with Berkshire Hathaway. All proceeds fund AI compute: data centers, custom silicon, and global capacity. Alphabet projects $180–190 billion in total CapEx for 2026, making this the largest AI infrastructure bet in corporate history.
Sources: Alphabet Investor Relations · CNBC

THE STORY Google quietly pushed Gemini 3.5 Pro general availability from June to July 2026, after early enterprise testers flagged problems with token efficiency, long-horizon task performance, and complex multi-stage coding. Google has not officially confirmed the delay. Adding to the pressure, four senior AI researchers — including Gemini co-lead figures — departed for OpenAI and Anthropic this month. Gemini 3.5 Flash remains available; Pro enters July facing direct competition from GPT-5.6 and Claude Opus 4.7.
Sources: CryptoBriefing · Bind AI Blog

THE STORY Qualcomm announced the acquisition of Modular for $3.9 billion, placing a major bet on edge AI computing. Founded by Chris Lattner (creator of LLVM and Swift), Modular builds the Mojo programming language (Python-compatible, 35,000x faster) and MAX, a hardware-agnostic AI inference engine deployable on any chip. Qualcomm plans to combine MAX with its Snapdragon platform to dominate AI inference on phones, PCs, cars, and factories — competing directly with Apple’s Neural Engine and NVIDIA Jetson.
Sources: Build Fast With AI · AI News