Google's parent company Alphabet joins the $3 trillion valuation club
The milestone follows a U.S. court ruling that let Alphabet keep its key products.
It’s not every day a company crosses the $3 trillion mark. In fact, only a tiny handful of names in the tech space have ever done it: Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia.
But now, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has finally joined that elite club, cementing its place as one of the most valuable corporations on the planet. Alphabet’s market cap surged past $3 trillion on Monday after shares jumped more than 4% during trading. By the closing bell, the company’s valuation stood at around $3.05 trillion, making it 2025’s best-performing “Magnificent Seven” stock so far.
The moment is a long way from Google’s IPO back in 2004, but it also shows how quickly the tech landscape has shifted in just the past few years, with artificial intelligence (AI) playing the starring role.
The timing of this milestone wasn’t random. Just earlier this month, Alphabet got a big boost from a U.S. court ruling that could have gone very differently. The Department of Justice (DOJ) had been pushing for harsh penalties after a judge found that Google held an illegal monopoly in search and related ads.
The DOJ proposed forcing the company to divest Chrome, one of its most important platforms. But District Judge Amit Mehta ultimately stopped short of ordering a breakup. Instead, the penalties were much lighter, and investors breathed a sigh of relief. The ruling cleared away a major cloud of uncertainty and sent Alphabet’s stock soaring.
At the same time, Alphabet has been leaning heavily on its AI bets, with its Gemini AI models now built into search, advertising, and Google Cloud. That push has helped it keep pace with fierce competition from OpenAI, Microsoft, and newcomers like Perplexity, all while proving to investors that Alphabet isn’t just a search and ads company anymore.
Add in the momentum from YouTube Shorts, Workspace, and custom-built AI chips, and you get a picture of a company that’s finding growth across multiple fronts.
The bigger picture here is that Wall Street’s biggest winners are now all riding the AI wave. Nvidia’s dominance in AI chips has taken it beyond $4 trillion in valuation. Microsoft, thanks to its Copilot software and Azure integrations, is hovering around $3.8 trillion. Apple still holds strong at $3.5 trillion, even as it leans more into AI features. Amazon, currently worth $2.5 trillion, may be the next to join the $3 trillion club.
For Alphabet, though, hitting this threshold is more than just a bragging right. It’s a signal that AI investments, regulatory clarity, and diversified growth are paying off, and that the race for tech’s next big chapter is only just heating up.
Kelechi Edeh
