Wednesday’s report follows Alphabet’s better-than-expected Q1 release earlier this year, in which the company reported year-over-year growth of 12% and 49% for its top and bottom lines, respectively, after Google’s search unit generated more in sales than analysts projected.

Search giant Alphabet strongly beat estimates for quarterly revenue and profit on the back of new AI features and a steady digital advertising market.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai emphasised Google's “full-stack” approach to AI, from custom TPUs and data centre infrastructure to world-class models like Gemini 2.5 and user-facing tools like the Gemini App,