Alphabet earnings showed third-quarter revenue rising 25% to $127.6 billion as cloud and artificial-intelligence demand accelerated. Google Cloud delivered the fastest segment growth, while the company said AI investments also supported Search activity.
Alphabet Earnings Lift Revenue to $127.6 Billion
Alphabet reported $127.58 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 30, up from $102.35 billion a year earlier. Operating income increased 30% to $40.58 billion, while the operating margin reached 31.8%.
Net income available to common shareholders fell to $26.17 billion from $34.98 billion. Diluted earnings per share declined to $2.12 from $2.87, reflecting an $8.22 billion net expense in other income compared with $12.76 billion of income a year earlier.
Alphabet quarterly revenue comparison
Source: Alphabet Q3 2026 results. Bars scaled to consolidated Q3 2026 revenue.
Google Cloud Growth Reaches 103%
Google Cloud revenue rose 103% to $30.7 billion, driven by enterprise AI infrastructure, AI solutions and core cloud services. Alphabet said sales of its Tensor Processing Unit systems also made a meaningful contribution.
Google Services revenue increased 11% to $96.3 billion. Google Search and other advertising revenue grew 12%, while management said year-over-year Search query growth was the strongest in five years.
The cloud acceleration places Alphabet alongside other large technology companies expanding AI infrastructure. Fusion Market News has separately covered growth at Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Intel’s data-center business.
AI Usage Expands Across Alphabet
Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said Alphabet’s first-party model APIs were processing nearly 32 billion tokens per minute, more than four times the year-earlier level. The Gemini application reached one billion users, according to the company.
Alphabet released the results and filed its Form 8-K on October 28, 2026, covering the quarter ended September 30. Figures and management statements come from the company’s official earnings exhibit.
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