Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is deploying billions of dollars into Alphabet to support the tech titan’s AI ambitions.
The News
In a new press release, Google parent Alphabet says it is raising $80 billion to support its AI infrastructure plans amid “unprecedented customer demand” for compute capacity.
Alphabet says the offering will consist of concurrent underwritten offerings worth $30 billion, split between $15 billion in depositary shares and $15 billion in class A common stock (GOOGL) and class C common stock (GOOG). Additionally, the firm is running an at-the-market offering program to sell $40 billion worth of GOOGL and GOOG over time.
Alphabet says the remaining $10 billion will be purchased by Berkshire Hathaway in a private placement, after Buffett’s conglomerate agreed to gobble up $5 billion worth of GOOGL at $351.81 per share and $5 billion in GOOG at $348.20 per share.
The announcement highlights that Berkshire’s latest buys add “to the position it has built since Q3 2025.”
According to Alphabet, proceeds from the fundraise will largely be used to support capital expenditures “to scale AI infrastructure and global compute.”
What It Means for Investors
Berkshire Hathaway’s latest $10 billion investment plan in Alphabet suggests that the firm is making targeted moves, even amid concerns about market exuberance, rising bond yields, higher inflation and a testing period for a new Fed chair.
The move suggests Buffett may be signaling a view on who emerges as the dominant player in the AI race.
Data from Berkshire’s 13F filing shows that the firm had accumulated a total of $16.62 billion worth of GOOGL and GOOG shares in Q1 of this year. The combined GOOGL and GOOG holdings make Alphabet Berkshire’s ninth-largest holding, accounting for 6.3% of its portfolio.
Assuming no other big change in Berkshire’s portfolio, the firm’s total Alphabet stake will be valued at $26.62 billion, putting it firmly in fourth place behind Apple (AAPL), American Express (AXP) and Coca-Cola (KO).
In a CNBC interview in May, Buffett said he is not interested in learning new technologies, noting that Apple is an exception.
“I have not learned new industries for some years, so I don’t kid myself on that. I’m not going to learn. I’m not going to have an edge.”
Even though the statement is easy to miss, it says a lot about Berkshire’s push over the past year to increase its Alphabet holdings.
Buffett is known for his long-term and high-conviction calls. His latest Alphabet accumulation spree appears to mirror Berkshire’s historically high-conviction, long-term positioning style.
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