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Reviewed 19 October 2026. Dates retain the precision of the source; retrospective disclosures are identified in the event. Google Cloud and Alphabet revenue are separate reporting scopes; cloud revenue is not synonymous with AI ARR.
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Google expands access through developer and enterprise APIs, AI Studio, Gemini and Search subscriptions following its initial restricted rollout.
Source: GoogleAlphabet’s second-quarter release reports accelerating cloud demand for AI infrastructure and solutions. Alphabet’s total quarterly revenue is $119.8B; it is not all AI revenue.
Source: Alphabet earnings releaseEarlier revenue, financing and company milestones.
Q2 Google Cloud revenue increases 32%, with growth across core infrastructure, AI products and Workspace.
Source: AlphabetGoogle unveils a multimodal model family, connecting its research programs to consumer and developer products.
Source: GoogleGoogle combines DeepMind and the Brain team to consolidate its frontier AI research effort.
Source: GoogleAttention Is All You Need introduces the architecture underlying many later language models, including systems beyond Google.
Source: Google research paperCloud TPU infrastructure extends Google’s custom machine-learning hardware to outside developers and organizations.
Source: GoogleGoogle’s founders outline a reorganization separating Google’s core operating business from other long-term ventures.
Source: GoogleThe search company later becomes the largest operating business within Alphabet.
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