When you hear the name Warren Buffett and the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway that he built into one of the world's largest market caps, you do not think of cutting-edge technology or artificial intelligence (AI). Buffett made his dough mostly in insurance, newspapers, and consumer goods brands like Coca-Cola.
However, before retiring from day-to-day operations at the end of 2025, Buffett began making a massive new Berkshire investment in Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), the parent company of Google, as he confirmed in a recent CNBC interview. Berkshire now has a whopping $30 billion bet on Alphabet.
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Should you follow the Oracle of Omaha and buy Alphabet stock for your portfolio?
Back in June, Alphabet sold $10 billion in newly issued common stock to Berkshire Hathaway at a price of roughly $350 per share. On July 30, the stock closed at $333.

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