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- Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is a multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California, and founded in 2015 through the restructuring of Google LLC, which operates as its largest subsidiary focused on internet services. The company oversees a diverse portfolio of businesses spanning internet products and services via Google including search engine, YouTube video sharing platform, Android mobile operating system, Google Cloud computing solutions, Gmail email service, Google Maps navigation, Chrome web browser and digital advertising platforms such as Google Ads and AdSense; moonshot ventures through subsidiaries like Waymo for autonomous driving technology, Verily for life sciences and health innovations, Calico for longevity research, Wing for drone delivery, X Development for advanced robotics and research projects, Isomorphic Labs for AI-driven drug discovery, Google Fiber for high-speed internet access and investment arms including GV venture capital and CapitalG for growth-stage technology funding. Alphabet maintains global operations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and other regions, serving consumers, enterprises and governments with technology infrastructure, AI tools, cybersecurity services, smart home devices via former Nest integrations, wearables and quantum computing advancements such as the Willow chip unveiled in December 2024.
In recent developments, Alphabet Inc. completed its largest-ever acquisition with the $32 billion purchase of cybersecurity startup Wiz in 2025 to bolster enterprise security offerings; merged DeepMind with Google Brain in 2023 to form Google DeepMind accelerating AI research including the Gemini 3 model launched in 2025 which outperformed competitors in benchmarks and drove market capitalization past $3 trillion in September 2025; expanded Waymo autonomous ride-hailing services into Los Angeles in 2024 pending regulatory approval; announced a quantum computing breakthrough with the Willow chip in December 2024 capable of solving complex problems in minutes; integrated Gemini AI into Nest smart home products for natural language processing and image recognition in 2024; and received investment from Berkshire Hathaway with 17.85 million shares purchased recently signaling validation of its AI strategy amid plans to increase AI capital expenditures to $91-93 billion in 2025.