Alphabet initiated a $15 billion debt offering split across several tranches, including five-, ten- and 30-year maturities, and is exploring a 100-year century bond to lock in ultra-long financing. This issuance increases the company’s long-term debt and contributes to forecasts for a historic corporate bond sales volume this year.

OpenAI’s recent bullish analysis contends that Google has not yet cemented its AI dominance, citing feature gaps in its AI models compared with rival offerings. At the same time, voices in the sector highlight challenges faced by Microsoft’s AI push and praise AWS’s scale, intensifying the debate over which platform will lead in advanced AI services.