Google owner Alphabet to sell $80bn in stock to fund AI spending spree
sale to the US investment group Berkshire Hathaway, which was [led until last year](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/03/warren-buffett-retirement-berkshire-hathaway) by the retired investment guru Warren Buffett for 60 years.
Alphabet, behind the Gemini system which has been