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Ctrl-F "Other Bets operating loss": Q4 2018 (1.3bn) Q4 2019 (2.0bn) Yikes

• reaperducer 7y ago
  Is "Other bets operating loss" the same as research and development, or is it somehow different?
  • jpm_sd 7y ago
    "Other Bets" includes everything under the Alphabet umbrella that is not Google, which means various entities that are supposed to be turning into individually profitable companies. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-bets-factbox/factbox-alphabets-other-bets-in-focus-as-googles-pichai-takes-helm-idUSKBN1Y80ZS https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-bets-fact...
  • haberdasher 7y ago
    Other bets = Waymo, Project Wing, Verily, etc.
    • thedance 7y ago
      DeepMind, too? I imagine that is a real money incinerator.
• icedchai 7y ago
  A drop in the bucket.
  • vineyardmike 7y ago
    It’s ~25% of Search ads. That’s a big drop in a small bucket.
    • zaroth 7y ago
      Search was $27b. That’s ~7.5%. It’s approximately a quarter of their Net Income though.