Alphabet’s AI push pays off as search beats and Gemini tops 650 million users

Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) - Alphabet's capital expenditure guidance ranges between $91 billion and $93 billion, aligning with Microsoft and Amazon's spending levels in the cloud sector [1] - Alphabet has capital expenditure commitments of around $100 billion [2] Revenue Performance - Search and other revenue reached $56.57 billion, exceeding estimates of $55.1 billion [3] - YouTube revenue for Q3 beat estimates at $10.26 billion versus the expected $10.01 billion [4] - Cloud revenue grew 34% year-over-year to $15.16 billion [4] - Other bets revenue, including Waymo, missed estimates at $344 million versus $433.1 million [3] Key Metrics & Competition - Alphabet's Gemini app has 600 to 650 million monthly active users, compared to OpenAI's ChatGPT with 800 million [2] - Alphabet's backlog number, a future revenue indicator, is coming in at $155 billion [2]