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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nGoogle-parent company Alphabet made an investment in Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX in 2015 which is now potentially worth over $100 billion. Now Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that the company is eyeing on more opportunities in the startup world mainly in artificial intelligence. According to a report by CNBC, speaking with the Stripe co-founder John Collison in a conversation posted on April 7, Pichai noted, \u201cYou know SpaceX, Anthropic and so on so, I think now with the AI shift, there are more opportunities on which we can deploy capital in a good way and so we are doing that.\u201dPichai further emphasised that Alphabet wants to be a \u2018good steward of capital\u2019, pointing to a strong returns from investments like Stripe, which has grown more than 17-fold since GV\u2019s 2016 round. He also reflected on Waymo, Alphabet\u2019s autonomous vehicle unit, which raised $16 billion earlier this year at a $126 billion valuation: \u201cI would have been glad to invest more capital in Waymo earlier, but we weren\u2019t at the level of maturity to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n Google has long invested through its venture arms GV and CapitalG, but today\u2019s AI companies require far larger sums. Alphabet is joining tech giants like Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon in writing billion-dollar checks directly off the balance sheet.* In 2015, Alphabet invested $900 million in SpaceX at a $12 billion valuation. With SpaceX merging with Musk\u2019s xAI earlier this year at a $1.25 trillion valuation, Alphabet\u2019s stake could now be worth around $100 billion.* SpaceX has reportedly filed confidentially for an IPO, seeking a record $1.75 trillion valuation.* Alphabet has also invested heavily in Anthropic, committing over $3 billion since 2023. Its stake has grown to about 14%, with Anthropic\u2019s valuation soaring to $380 billion as of February.The comments made by the Google CEO suggest that Alphabet will continue to deploy capital aggressively into startups not just through venture arms, but with direct, large-scale investments. <\/div>\n\nGoogle backs startups with direct, large investments
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