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title: "Key facts: GOOG to Get Antitrust Monitor; CDS >100bps; $22B Loan"
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description: "Alphabet (GOOG) faces antitrust scrutiny, with a judge ordering an internal compliance monitor for its ad tech unit. Concurrently, GOOG's credit default swaps exceeded 100 bps, indicating elevated default risk. The company partnered with Blackstone on a $22B Crux AI cloud venture backed by TPU financing. Additionally, Google reduced Gemini audio costs and latency, while establishing the DeepMind Institute to study AGI."
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# Key facts: GOOG to Get Antitrust Monitor; CDS >100bps; $22B Loan

-   A U.S. judge ordered Alphabet Inc. Class C (GOOG) to loosen rules in its ad auctions and appoint an internal antitrust compliance monitor for its ad tech unit for six years; breakup denied. Reuters
-   GOOG five-year credit default swaps rose above 100 bps, signaling higher market-priced default risk for Alphabet versus several major tech peers over the same tenor. Benzinga
-   Alphabet Class C (GOOG) partners in Crux AI cloud venture with Blackstone. $22B loan backs TPU purchases; financing secured by TPUs and Crux AI contracts; $1B revolving credit available. 3 sources
-   GOOG dropped off Hazeltree’s most-crowded long list in August after shorting funds outnumbered long holders for the first time this year, signaling a net shift in fund positioning. Reuters
-   GOOG: Google cut Gemini 3.8 Live input-audio cost to $0.84/hr (from $1.75) and trimmed first-response latency to 1.18s versus 2.99s for prior model—key trading metrics: cost and latency. GuruFocus
-   GOOG: Alphabet and DeepMind opened the DeepMind Institute under Legg, Manyika and Hassabis to study AGI. Initial papers cover AGI economic policy, model transparency, global access and human impact. Stocktwits

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