3 articles about AI spending
Meta posted $60.8 billion in Q2 2026 revenue but free cash flow fell 91% year-over-year amid record AI capex. The company also launched cut-price Muse Spark 1.1. The results highlight the financial strain of the AI infrastructure race.
Alphabet revealed AI infrastructure spending projections reaching $205 billion, significantly exceeding analyst expectations. The massive expenditure sent Google shares down 6% as investors questioned the return on investment timeline.
The Ramp AI Index finds the top 1% of AI-obsessed firms spend roughly $7,500 per employee per month on AI — less than the $16,000 monthly cost of an average software engineer, for now.