Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A / BRK.B) has invested another $10 billion U.S. in technology giant Alphabet (GOOGL) through a private stock purchase.
Alphabet reached a deal to sell $5 billion U.S. of its Class A shares to Berkshire Hathaway at $351.81 U.S. each and another $5 billion U.S. of Class C stock at $348.20 U.S. per share.
The purchase grows Berkshire’s stake in the Google parent company and deepens its bet on artificial intelligence (A.I.).
Berkshire Hathaway’s new CEO Greg Abel has been rapidly growing the holding company’s stake in Alphabet, a dominant A.I. player, as he looks to deploy nearly $400 billion U.S. in cash.
Berkshire first disclosed a stake in Alphabet during the third quarter of 2025, when it purchased 17.8 million shares.
The holding company previously run by Warren Buffett now has more than $20 billion U.S. invested in Alphabet and it is the conglomerate’s fifth largest position in its stock portfolio.
The investment in Alphabet is a departure from how Berkshire operated under Buffett, who preferred blue-chip stocks such as Coca-Cola (KO) and American Express (AXP) over tech.
Alphabet is widely viewed as a global leader in A.I. and its Gemini chatbots are considered the industry standard currently.
Berkshire Hathaway’s Alphabet investment comes a day after the Omaha, Nebraska-based company agreed to acquire homebuilder Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC) for $6.8 billion U.S.
Berkshire’s more affordable Class B stock has declined 5% this year to trade at $470.29 U.S. per share.
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