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Berkshire Hathaway's Greg Abel Deploys $10 Billion Into Alphabet in First Major AI Investment From Its $400 Billion Cash Pile
New Berkshire CEO Greg Abel committed $10 billion to Alphabet on June 1, 2026 as part of Google's $84.75 billion equity raise - bringing Berkshire's total Alphabet position to $26.6 billion and marking the firm's first explicit AI infrastructure bet. Alphabet reported Q1 2026 revenue of $109.9 billion, up 22% year over year, with Google Cloud growing 63% to $20 billion and a backlog crossing $460 billion. Analysts identify Meta at 22x earnings and Amazon guiding $200 billion in 2026 capex as the likeliest next targets for Berkshire's remaining cash. Read more
Alphabet Raises $84.75 Billion in Largest Tech Equity Offering in History to Fund AI Infrastructure
Google's parent upsized its equity raise from $80 billion to $84.75 billion on June 2, 2026 after investor demand exceeded expectations. The offering includes a $40 billion at-the-market program, $18 billion in public share offerings, $16.75 billion in convertible preferred stock, and the $10 billion Berkshire private placement. Alphabet has guided 2026 capital expenditures to $180-190 billion, and tech giants' combined AI infrastructure spending is now projected to exceed $700 billion this year - double what was spent in 2025. Read more
University of Toronto Researchers Reveal AI Worm Built With Free Models That Can Hijack Any Internet-Connected Device
U of T and Vector Institute researchers published a proof-of-concept on June 2, 2026 showing that freely available open-weight AI models can power a worm that adapts its attack strategy as it spreads, steals computing power from infected devices to fuel further attacks, and cannot be stopped by any single defence. Unlike traditional worms with fixed scripts, this prototype tailors its approach to each target - exploiting weak passwords and IT misconfigurations that patches cannot fix. Every internet-connected device is a potential target. Read more
Japan's Nikkei 225 Breaks 68,000 for the First Time as AI Chip Demand Drives Markets Across Asia to Record Highs
Japan's benchmark index rose nearly 3% on June 3, 2026, topping 68,000 for the first time and extending its 2026 year-to-date gain to 33%. Tokyo Electron surged 14%, Advantest gained 5.5%, and Shin-Etsu Chemical rose 4% as AI chip demand lifted Japan's semiconductor supply chain. Three memory chip makers - SK Hynix, Samsung, and Micron - joined the trillion-dollar market cap club in the same month. Goldman Sachs estimates US tech giants will spend $800 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026 alone. Read more
Perplexity CEO Says "Token Value Per Watt Per User" Is the Only Metric That Will Determine Who Wins the AI Race
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas told CNBC on June 3, 2026 that the decisive AI competitive metric is not benchmark scores or funding raised - it is the economic value delivered per unit of compute consumed. He described Perplexity's strategy as a "hybrid neutral orchestration layer" that works across different AI models, chips, and hardware providers, positioning the company as platform-agnostic in a market where every major player is building their own closed ecosystem. Perplexity has tripled its annualized revenue since the start of 2026. Read more
📢 The Signal Behind the Noise
When the world's most patient capital - a firm that missed Microsoft, Amazon, and Google - commits $26 billion to an AI infrastructure play, builds a cybersecurity threat capable of hitting any device on earth, and sends the Nikkei to an all-time high, the message is the same from every direction: the AI buildout is real, it is accelerating, and the window to position around it is closing. The question is no longer whether to take this seriously. It is whether you are moving fast enough.
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