1 month ago
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the 15 Best AI Stocks That Will Make You Rich in 10 Years.
On June 25, 2026, Jack Henry and Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google Cloud announced an expanded collaboration to deliver AI-driven security capabilities for banks and credit unions. Jack Henry will use Google Cloud's "agentic defense products" to build a proprietary AI security platform for the financial services ecosystem. The company said the initiative is aimed at strengthening cyber resilience for financial institutions while improving operational efficiency.
Also on June 25, two artificial intelligence researchers at Google were planning to leave for Anthropic, Bloomberg's Julia Love, Natasha Mascarenhas, and Rachel Metz reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, described as key contributors to Google's Gemini AI model, are set to move to the maker of Claude. The report also noted that Google had recently lost John Jumper to Anthropic and Noam Shazeer to OpenAI.
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On June 24, Argus kept a Buy rating and $440 price target on Alphabet, citing strong results, investments in compute infrastructure and generative AI, rapid growth at Google Cloud and YouTube, and what it views as an attractive valuation.
On June 25, 2026, Jack Henry and Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google Cloud announced an expanded collaboration to deliver AI-driven security capabilities for banks and credit unions. Jack Henry will use Google Cloud's "agentic defense products" to build a proprietary AI security platform for the financial services ecosystem. The company said the initiative is aimed at strengthening cyber resilience for financial institutions while improving operational efficiency.
Also on June 25, two artificial intelligence researchers at Google were planning to leave for Anthropic, Bloomberg's Julia Love, Natasha Mascarenhas, and Rachel Metz reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, described as key contributors to Google's Gemini AI model, are set to move to the maker of Claude. The report also noted that Google had recently lost John Jumper to Anthropic and Noam Shazeer to OpenAI.
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On June 24, Argus kept a Buy rating and $440 price target on Alphabet, citing strong results, investments in compute infrastructure and generative AI, rapid growth at Google Cloud and YouTube, and what it views as an attractive valuation.
2 months ago
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the 15 AI Stocks ***** ysts Are Watching: Microsoft, Nvidia, and More.
One of the leading AI stocks ***** ysts are watching, ***** ysts at Citizens have recently flagged Alphabet over renewed concerns related to the company's ability to retain top AI talent. On June 22, Citizens ***** yst Andrew Boone reiterated a Market Outperform rating on the stock with a $515.00 price target.
Even though Citizens reiterated a positive rating, its commentary is solely focused on the risk ***** ociated with talent leaving for competitors. The firm noted how former Character.ai founder and current VP of Engineer at Google, Noam Shazeer, is leaving Alphabet to join OpenAI.
The firm particularly highlighted how Alphabet had paid $2.7 billion to license Character.ai's technology, giving them access to both the technology and team. However, Shazeer's reported switch to OpenAI reflects how even such arrangements don't necessarily guarantee an important employee's stay over the longer term.
Looking back, the bear case on Google from two to three years ago was that it would lose talent to OpenAI and Anthropic and would not be able to catch up in AI development. The ***** yst continues to monitor executive movement for that reason.
One of the leading AI stocks ***** ysts are watching, ***** ysts at Citizens have recently flagged Alphabet over renewed concerns related to the company's ability to retain top AI talent. On June 22, Citizens ***** yst Andrew Boone reiterated a Market Outperform rating on the stock with a $515.00 price target.
Even though Citizens reiterated a positive rating, its commentary is solely focused on the risk ***** ociated with talent leaving for competitors. The firm noted how former Character.ai founder and current VP of Engineer at Google, Noam Shazeer, is leaving Alphabet to join OpenAI.
The firm particularly highlighted how Alphabet had paid $2.7 billion to license Character.ai's technology, giving them access to both the technology and team. However, Shazeer's reported switch to OpenAI reflects how even such arrangements don't necessarily guarantee an important employee's stay over the longer term.
Looking back, the bear case on Google from two to three years ago was that it would lose talent to OpenAI and Anthropic and would not be able to catch up in AI development. The ***** yst continues to monitor executive movement for that reason.
