Google parent company Alphabet Inc. posted stronger-than-expected results for its second quarter, a sign that it's massive artificial intelligence spending spree is paying off so far and advertising revenue is coming in strong.
谷歌母公司 Alphabet 公司公布第二季度业绩超出市场预期，这表明其大规模人工智能投入目前已初见成效，广告营收同样表现强劲。
The Mountain View, California-based company said Wednesday it earned $112.11 billion, or $9.11 per share, in the April-June period. That's up from $28.2 billion, or $2.31 per share, in the same period a year earlier.
这家总部位于加利福尼亚州山景城的企业周三披露，今年 4 至 6 月净利润达 1121.1 亿美元，折合每股收益 9.11 美元;去年同期净利润为 282 亿美元，每股收益 2.31 美元。
Revenue grew 24% to $119.8 billion from $96.43 billion.
总营收从上年同期的 964.3 亿美元增长 24%，达到 1198 亿美元。
Analysts, on average, were expecting revenue of $117.06 billion, according to a poll by FactSet. Google did not disclose an adjusted earnings figure that's comparable to analysts' expectations, which was $2.88 per share. Google saw a net gain of $98 billion, mainly as a result of gains on its equity investments — mostly in SpaceX, which went public in June.
据市场调研机构 FactSet 统计，分析师平均预期营收为 1170.6 亿美元。谷歌未披露可与分析师预期对标的调整后盈利数据，分析师此前预估调整后每股收益 2.88 美元。谷歌本季度录得 980 亿美元净收益，主要来自股权投资增值，其中绝大部分来自 SpaceX，该公司已于 6 月上市。
"Our AI investments are redefining what's possible across every part of our business," said CEO Sundar Pichai in a statement.
首席执行官桑达尔・皮查伊在公告中表示：“我们在人工智能领域的投入，正在重塑公司全业务板块的发展潜能。”
Emarketer analyst Nate Elliott called the results "impressive," especially in regards to AI.
电商营销研究机构 Emarketer 分析师内特・埃利奥特评价这份财报数据 “十分亮眼”，人工智能板块表现尤为突出。
"On the consumer side, Gemini is now within a whisker of becoming Google's third different 1 billion-user consumer AI product, alongside AI Overviews and AI Mode," he said. "On the enterprise side, AI demand is driving enormous growth in the cloud business. And continued strong growth in search advertising backs up Google's claim that AI is additive to search, not a replacement."
他表示：“面向 C 端消费者，Gemini 距离成为谷歌第三款十亿级用户消费 AI 产品仅有一步之遥，另外两款分别是 AI 概览与 AI 智能模式。面向 B 端企业，市场对 AI 的旺盛需求推动云业务大幅增长。同时搜索广告持续走高，也印证了谷歌的观点：人工智能是搜索引擎的补充，而非替代品。”
As usual, digital ads fueled by Google's dominant search engine propelled the quarter's revenue growth, boosted by World Cup advertising, especially on YouTube.
与往年一致，谷歌占据行业主导地位的搜索引擎所带来的数字广告，是本季度营收增长的核心动力，世界杯相关广告投放(YouTube 平台广告增量尤为显著)进一步提振收入。
重点词汇
revenue 营收，总收入
earnings 盈利，收益
artificial intelligence 人工智能
analyst 分析师
equity investments 股权投资
cloud business 云业务
digital ads 数字广告
search engine 搜索引擎
enterprise 企业;政企 B 端
share 股票，股份
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