Alphabet's Record Profit Hides Its First AI Cash Burn
Alphabet posted record Q2 2026 net income and its first negative free cash flow together. Why $44.9B of AI capex — not the profit — is the real story.
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Inference Chips Are Becoming Loan Collateral in a $400M Bet
Upper90 will lend General Compute up to $400 million secured by SambaNova inference chips, not Nvidia GPUs. Why inference silicon as loan collateral is an untested bet.
AI’s Real Job Shock Is the Missing Rung
AI is not just replacing jobs. It is compressing the junior work that trained people into senior roles, reshaping labor markets worldwide.