Alphabet

• A blockchain token designed to track the price of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL).

• It is not a share. Holding the token does not confer ownership of the company, voting rights, or a direct claim against it.

• It offers fractional, round-the-clock price exposure without opening a foreign brokerage account. For the full process, see our guide on how to buy Alphabet (Google) stock in India.

• You can compare Alphabet with other technology companies and invest in US stocks from India page.

• Founded: 1998 (Google); Alphabet formed in 2015

• Headquarters: Mountain View, California, United States

• CEO: Sundar Pichai

• Listed on: Nasdaq (GOOGL Class A; GOOG Class C)

• Sector: Internet services and cloud computing

• Alphabet is the parent of Google, whose search advertising business generates most of its revenue.

• YouTube and Google Cloud are the two largest secondary segments.

• The company develops its own AI models and custom tensor processing hardware, and faces ongoing antitrust proceedings in several jurisdictions.

• Google Services, covering Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome and subscriptions, generates most revenue.

• Google Cloud is the fastest-growing segment and now profitable.

• Other Bets include Waymo, its autonomous driving business.

• You get price exposure to the underlying instrument.

• You do not get shareholder voting rights.

• Dividend or distribution treatment depends on the issuer's structure and is often not passed through.

• You take on issuer and custodian risk in addition to the price risk of the underlying.

Pros:

• Search remains dominant globally.

• Gemini models and in-house TPU chips give it a full AI stack.

• Waymo offers long-term optionality.

Cons:

• Antitrust remedies could weaken distribution or advertising businesses.

• AI assistants may change how people search.

• AI infrastructure spending is very large.

• Counterparty risk: if the issuer or custodian fails, the backing may not be recoverable.

• Tracking risk: the token price can diverge from the underlying, particularly outside US market hours when the underlying does not trade.

• Liquidity risk: on-chain liquidity is thinner than the underlying market, so spreads can widen sharply.

• Regulatory risk: India does not yet have a settled framework for tokenised equities, and tax treatment remains unclear.

• Price risk specific to the underlying instrument. For possible price paths, see our Alphabet (Google) stock price prediction.