capital expenditures

Amazon shares fall as AI spending consumes cash flow

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. shares fell more than 3% on Thursday as investors weighed the mounting cash strain from the company's unprecedented artificial intelligence buildout, with trailing capital expenditures now consuming virtually all of its operating cash flow.

Alphabet discloses $811B in future spending commitments

Alphabet revealed $811 billion in contracted purchase commitments as of June 30 in its quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a jump of roughly $500 billion from the $316 billion disclosed just three months earlier. The staggering figure,…