Alphabet Inc Class CGoogle Cloud revenue exploding 82% to ~$24.8B, 20.7% of total sales, indicates strong demand for cloud services.

Alphabet has brought Barret Zoph, co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, back to Google DeepMind as its stock traded at $336.595 Thursday. Zoph previously spent six years at Google Brain, and his return underscores the intensifying competition for elite AI talent. Alphabet's second-quarter revenue surged 24% to $119.8 billion, with Google Cloud revenue exploding 82% to roughly $24.8 billion, about 20.7% of total sales. However, the stock trades 34.14% above its $250.92 GF Value, signaling that Wall Street expects the AI talent machine to generate real profits, not just smarter models.
Alphabet Inc Class CGoogle Cloud revenue exploding 82% to ~$24.8B, 20.7% of total sales, indicates strong demand for cloud services.
NVIDIA CorporationRehiring AI founder Barret Zoph to DeepMind underscores talent acquisition for AI development.