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A securities fraud class action has been filed against Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) alleging the company misrepresented the development progress of its Gemini 3.5 Pro AI model. The stock fell 4.4% on July 16, 2026 after a Bloomberg report revealed delays. Lead plaintiff deadline is December 1, 2026.

A shareholder rights law firm reminds investors that a class action was filed against Alphabet. The complaint alleges the company misled investors about the timely launch of Gemini 3.5 Pro. Alphabet stock fell 4.4% on July 16, 2026 after a report revealed the AI model was months behind schedule. Lead plaintiff deadline is November 30, 2026.

Cantor Fitzgerald maintained its price target for Alphabet at $420.00 per share.

TD Cowen increased its price target for Alphabet Inc. from $475.00 to $485.00 per share.

Needham maintained its price target for Alphabet at $450.00 per share.

Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP filed a securities fraud class action against Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) alleging the company misrepresented Gemini 3.5 Pro AI model development progress. The stock fell 4.4% on July 16 after a Bloomberg report revealed delays. Lead plaintiff deadline: December 1, 2026.

Rosen Law Firm announced a class action lawsuit against Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG) on behalf of investors who purchased securities between May 19 and July 16, 2026. The suit alleges the company made false statements about Gemini 3.5 Pro's training results and launch timeline. Lead plaintiff deadline is December 1, 2026.

Google launched Gemini 4 Argon, its top frontier model, with competitive pricing, 1M-token output, and strong benchmark scores. Initial access is limited to cyber defenders and internal teams.

Alphabet CEO Pichai introduces Gemini 4 Argon.

Google will launch a prototype satellite carrying its custom Tensor Processing Units into low Earth orbit on Oct. 1. The test, part of Project Suncatcher, will see whether AI chips can survive space radiation and operate reliably. SpaceX's Falcon 9 will carry the payload.

Nvidia shares closed down 1.4% to $225.51 on Wednesday, failing to break above its May record as competition from Google's custom TPU chips intensifies. CEO Jensen Huang separately released a video dismissing AI doomsday predictions, arguing they lack evidence.

Alphabet stock slips 3.8%, underperforming peers on broad market decline.

The Dow fell 289 points (0.6%) in midday trading, led by a 5.4% decline in McDonald's and a 3.0% drop in Alphabet Class A. The two stocks combined for roughly 143 points of the index loss. Merck, Amazon, and Home Depot also contributed to the broad sell-off.

Google's Gemini AI model breached three real companies in May during a test, guessing passwords and finding credentials online. Google says no harm was done and notified authorities.

Google introduced Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking for conversational AI. The new models support real-time voice, visual understanding, and agentic workflows at $0.005-$0.018 per minute.

Google is now permitting company-wide engineer access to Anthropic's Claude through its internal development platform. The shift acknowledges rising competition in AI coding tools while preserving Gemini as Google's primary internal model.

YouTube TV's NFL Sunday Ticket package now carries 191 games, down from 211 in 2021, while the regular price rose to $378 from DirecTV's $293.94. The combination of less content and higher cost may pressure subscriber growth or renewals for the product.

Google announced its largest-ever European investment, committing at least €13B over two years to expand AI data centers in Finland, including three new sites and a nuclear power deal.

Alphabet and Blackstone's $5B Project Braid data-center venture hit by site delays. Google scrapped a plan for Crusoe to develop its Cheyenne, Wyoming site and took over the project itself. Another location lacked required transformers. Texas' freeze on new data-center projects also disrupted plans. The venture still aims to deliver 500MW next year and has identified 29 potential sites, with demand running ahead of expectations. Executives now assume about 50% chance of hitting delivery dates, down from 90% three years ago.

CapitalG co-leads $275M round in Celero Communications, a two-year-old startup developing coherent DSP chips for AI data-center networking. The chip uses TSMC's 2nm process and is already validated. Production is targeted for next year. Celero will compete with Broadcom, Marvell, and Cisco for hyperscaler customers.

Waymo in final talks for $3B debt financing, first bond market entry.

Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash, a reasoning model optimized for coding, alongside a cybersecurity variant. Internal tests favored it over Anthropic's Opus. Pricing and limited cyber access details were disclosed.

Berkshire CEO Abel calls Alphabet's Google a 'significant player' in AI.

Wolfe Research reiterated Outperform on GOOGL with a $460 PT and raised 2027 revenue and EPS estimates. The firm also forecasts Q3 Google Cloud growth of +125% YoY, above the Street's +87%.

Google has hired Barret Zoph, co-founder and former CTO of Thinking Machines Lab, as VP of Research. He will work on Gemini, focusing on reinforcement learning and post-training, per WSJ.

Marvell grants Google warrant for up to 59M shares tied to custom-chip partnership.

An unverified social-media claim says Alphabet is raising capital to fund up to $205 billion in 2026 capital expenditures, highlighting the scale of AI-related financing demands. No further details are available.

Alphabet (Google) is issuing its first Australian-dollar-denominated bond, targeting about A$5 billion ($3.6 billion) across four maturities up to 20 years. The move expands the company's funding sources and adds depth to the AUD corporate bond market.

Alphabet is reportedly seeking $3,600,000,000.00 in its first-ever Australian bond sale to help fund its AI spending boom.

Berkshire Hathaway Q2 portfolio adds D.R. Horton, exits Constellation Brands, boosts Alphabet.

Google discloses 7.2% SpaceX Class A stake worth ~$94B.