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Century Bonds Fuel Alphabet AI

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Alphabet issued rare 100-year bonds on global markets, raising billions to finance its artificial-intelligence expansion as investor demand reportedly overwhelmed supply.

by Mohamed A. El‐Erian

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Good morning.
A landmark moment for Big Tech and the international credit markets in three ways:
Alphabet’s $20 billion bond offering saw…
An eye-popping $100 billion+ in demand, and…
The issuance includes a rare 100-year tranche.
#economy #tech #markets #bonds
February 10, 2026 at 11:36 AM

by Paul Davies

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In our fully automated AI future money itself could be just a hollow prop so there’ll definitely be no point to banks or money managers and an industry that continually reinvents ways to earn fees will be gone.
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