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Google Cloud keeps collecting logos
Private equity firm EQT is partnering with Google Cloud for an AI rollout, which is corporate-speak for: one big firm wants to bolt AI onto its workflow and Google gets to play tech enabler. Not exactly a splashy Super Bowl ad moment, but these deals matter because cloud revenue is built one enterprise contract at a time.
Why you should care
For Alphabet, this is another little breadcrumb in the bigger cloud story. Google Cloud has been trying to prove it’s more than the perpetual third wheel to AWS and Azure, and enterprise AI rollouts are one of the fastest ways to do that.
If you’re holding GOOG, the headline says a few useful things:
- Google Cloud is still winning real enterprise business, not just demos and keynote buzz
- AI remains a sales wedge for cloud providers, not just a consumer chatbot party trick
- More partnerships like this can support the broader case that Alphabet’s cloud arm is becoming a bigger profit engine
The boring stuff that actually moves stocks
This isn’t likely to send the stock into orbit by itself. But the market loves a clean AI narrative, and every new customer win helps Alphabet argue that its cloud business has momentum, its AI stack is sticky, and the company’s not just watching the AI boom from the sidelines.
Big picture: the hottest AI plays aren’t always the flashiest — sometimes they’re the ones quietly signing the enterprise check and getting a cloud contract out the door.