TechFlow news, January 8 — Alphabet, Google's parent company, has surpassed Apple to become the world's second-most valuable company by market capitalization, highlighting its emergence as one of the most prominent winners in the artificial intelligence arena. Alphabet's shares rose 2.4% on Wednesday, closing at a valuation of $3.89 trillion, overtaking Apple, which closed Wednesday at $3.85 trillion in market cap after six consecutive days of declines that erased nearly 5%, or about $200 billion, from its value. The divergence widened further on Thursday, with Apple opening down 1.2% while Alphabet gained 1.1%.
This marks the first time since 2019 that Alphabet has exceeded Apple in market value. Nvidia remains the most valuable company globally, with a valuation of approximately $4.6 trillion. Alphabet's stock has surged recently, gaining over 65% in 2025 alone, making it the top performer among the "Magnificent Seven" U.S. tech giants.
This strong performance largely reflects growing market consensus that Alphabet holds significant advantages across multiple key areas of artificial intelligence. The company's latest Gemini AI model has received widespread acclaim, helping to ease concerns about competition from firms like OpenAI. Meanwhile, its Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) chips are seen as a potentially major driver of future revenue growth. (Jinshi)
