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This Week in AI: Google Expands AI and ‘Generative Ghosts’ Are Coming

April 25, 2025
Gemini 2.5 and AI Overviews Mark Google’s Biggest AI Push Yet
Google // April 24, 2025

Google’s parent Alphabet reported higher-than-expected earnings and revenue for the first quarter, with its core search business up nearly 10% and Google Cloud racking up a 28% gain in sales. In an earnings call with analysts, CEO Sundar Pichai highlighted the company’s artificial intelligence (AI)...

Alphabet Faces Investor Concern About AI Challenge to Search Business
Artificial Intelligence // April 10, 2025

Alphabet’s stock is reportedly considered to be undervalued as investors wonder if artificial intelligence will take away some of its market share in search. The Google parent company’s stock is down 16% this year, is underperforming other AI stocks like Microsoft and Meta, and is...

Alphabet-Backed Pennylane Raises $82 Million to Expand Accounting Platform Across Europe
Investments // April 07, 2025

Pennylane has raised 75 million euros (about $82 million) to continue growing its accounting platform in France and to expand it across Continental Europe. The company will use the new funding to accelerate expansion that has already seen it triple its user base over the...

Nvidia- and Google-Backed SandboxAQ Raises $450 Million for Quantitative AI Platforms
Investments // April 04, 2025

SandboxAQ raised over $450 million in a Series E round to support its development of large quantitative models (LQMs) that help enterprises leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to solve scientific and quantitative challenges. Since spinning out from Alphabet in 2022, the company has raised over $950 million, SandboxAQ said...

Interviews & Exclusives
Gemini 2.5 and AI Overviews Mark Google’s Biggest AI Push Yet

April 24, 2025
Google’s parent Alphabet reported higher-than-expected earnings and revenue for the first quarter, with its core search business up nearly 10% and Google Cloud racking up a 28% gain in sales. In an earnings call with analysts, CEO Sundar Pichai highlighted the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, particularly the success of Gemini 2.5, its most powerful […]

CE 100 Index Gives Up 2.2% as MongoDB and Adobe Slip on Earnings

December 16, 2024
What goes up must come down — and after three straight weeks of rallies, the CE 100 wound up snapping a long streak of wins, declining 2.2% in the penultimate...

CE 100 Index Gains Ground on Porch Group’s 51% Rally

December 09, 2024
The CE 100 Index rallied by 2.2% this past week, starting the last month of trading in 2024 on a positive note. The Live segment stood out here, jumping by...

CE 100 Index Jumps 5.2% as C3.ai and Snowflake Surge by Double Digits

November 25, 2024
Artificial intelligence — specifically, AI companies that have been riding the wave of simulating human cognition — powered the CE 100 Index 5.2% higher through the past week.  All pillars...

Quick Reads
Alphabet Faces Investor Concern About AI Challenge to Search Business

April 10, 2025
Alphabet’s stock is reportedly considered to be undervalued as investors wonder if artificial intelligence will take away some of its market share in search. The Google parent company’s stock is down 16% this year, is underperforming other AI stocks like Microsoft and Meta, and is the cheapest among the Magnificent Seven companies, Bloomberg reported Thursday […]

Alphabet-Backed Pennylane Raises $82 Million to Expand Accounting Platform Across Europe

April 07, 2025
Pennylane has raised 75 million euros (about $82 million) to continue growing its accounting platform in France and to expand it across Continental Europe. The company will use the new...

Nvidia- and Google-Backed SandboxAQ Raises $450 Million for Quantitative AI Platforms

April 04, 2025
SandboxAQ raised over $450 million in a Series E round to support its development of large quantitative models (LQMs) that help enterprises leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to solve scientific and quantitative...

Report: Alphabet Close to $32 Billion Acquisition of Wiz

March 17, 2025
Google parent Alphabet is reportedly close to a deal to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32 billion after a $23 billion deal fell through last summer. The companies are in advanced talks and...