<figure id="attachment_2925354" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2925354" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-2925354" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2f356f0b-google-3.jpg" alt="Google" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2925354" class="wp-caption-text">Google&#8217;s search and advertising business remained the primary revenue driver, generating US$82.3 billion, up from US$72.5 billion a year earlier. (AFP pic)</figcaption></figure>
SAN FRANCISCO: Google parent Alphabet said Wednesday that it brought in US$113.8 billion in the final three months of 2025, powered by its core search business and cloud computing, as it ramped spending on artificial intelligence.
The tech giant said revenue jumped 18% year-on-year in the quarter, and overall annual revenue topped US$400 billion for the first time at the company founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998.
&#8220;We&#8217;re seeing our AI investments and infrastructure drive revenue and growth across the board,&#8221; said Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai.
Alphabet reported profit of US$34.5 billion in the recently ended quarter as revenue from cloud computing soared 48% to US$17.7 billion.
The strong earnings came as Alphabet ramps up capital spending to meet surging demand for AI infrastructure.
The company expects capital expenditures between US$175 billion and US$185 billion in 2026, double its 2025 spending, to meet customer demand for AI products.
Google&#8217;s core search and advertising business remained the primary revenue driver, generating US$82.3 billion, up from US$72.5 billion a year earlier.
YouTube advertising revenues also grew strongly to US$11.4 billion from $10.5 billion.
Google said it now counts over 325 million paid subscriptions across consumer services, including Google One and YouTube Premium.
The cloud division, which competes with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, has become a key growth engine for Alphabet.
Google&#8217;s Gemini AI continued to grow quickly, ending the year with 750 million monthly users.
Despite the robust growth, Alphabet&#8217;s experimental &#8220;Other Bets&#8221; division, which includes autonomous vehicle unit Waymo, posted a loss of US$3.6 billion on revenues of just US$370 million.
Google&#8217;s shares gained slightly more than 2% in after-market trades.

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