Google Stays Strong Amid Chip Carnage; Buffett's $10B Bet: New AI Safe Haven?
Alphabet slipped just 0.95% on Friday, making it the most resilient mega-cap tech name during the semiconductor rout. Berkshire Hathaway was reportedly disclosed as having built an approximately $10 billion position in Google, while Alphabet's in-house AI chips (TPUs) reduce its dependence on NVIDIA — leading markets to treat the stock as a safe haven amid AI hardware deleveraging. The combination of cash flow, proprietary silicon, and cloud scale is drawing capital rotating out of crowded AI hardware trades. As money exits AI hardware, will you rotate into Google?