Alphabet’s Anthropic Gain Blows Up Q2 Earnings | Raleigh News

Alphabet’s Q2 earnings could look wild thanks to an $80 billion unrealized gain from its Anthropic stake—valued at $965 billion after a massive funding round—making it the biggest driver of profit, not ads or cloud. Bank of America highlights this accounting boost, which nearly tripled Anthropic’s valuation, and expects Cloud to surge 70% as AI becomes its main growth engine. Despite the noise, BofA keeps its buy rating, citing strong underlying performance with Search up 17% and revenue hitting $102 billion. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/9c52eda910744792