Google recently unveiled its financial results for the third quarter of 2025, revealing an astounding revenue of $102.3 billion. This marks a historic achievement for the Mountain View-based tech behemoth, as it’s the first time they’ve crossed the $100 billion revenue threshold in a single quarter. CEO Sundar Pichai attributed this monumental success to the company’s holistic “full-stack artificial intelligence (AI) approach.” This strategy encompasses everything from foundational infrastructure and cutting-edge research to advanced model development, effective tool deployment, and a wide array of both consumer-facing and enterprise-level AI products and platforms.
Google’s Full-Stack AI Strategy Fuels $100 Billion Milestone
The tech giant’s third quarterly earnings report for 2025 highlighted that this unprecedented revenue led to a substantial 16 percent year-over-year (YoY) increase for its parent company, Alphabet. The growth was widespread, with Google Search, YouTube ads, various subscriptions, hardware platforms and devices, and Google Cloud services all experiencing double-digit growth in the last quarter.
A closer look at the figures shows that Google services alone generated $87.1 billion in revenue, reflecting a robust 14 percent YoY growth. Meanwhile, Google Cloud demonstrated remarkable acceleration, pulling in $15.2 billion in quarterly earnings, a significant 34 percent YoY surge.
During the Q3 earnings call, Pichai emphasized that this revenue milestone was undeniably propelled by the company’s aggressive and successful AI expansion. He noted that Google’s advanced AI model, Gemini, now processes an incredible seven billion tokens per minute through its direct application programming interface (API). Furthermore, the consumer-facing Gemini app boasts an impressive user base of over 650 million monthly active users (MAU). The company also proudly announced surpassing 300 million paid subscriptions across its diverse offerings, prominently led by Google One and YouTube Premium.
Pichai expressed immense satisfaction, stating, “This was a terrific quarter for Alphabet, driven by double-digit growth across every major part of our business. We’re seeing AI now driving real business results across the company.” He further reflected on the company’s journey, adding, “Five years ago, our quarterly revenue was at $50 billion. Our revenue number has doubled since then, and we’re firmly in the generative AI era. In parallel, we’ve built for the long term and diversified, with successful businesses in Cloud, YouTube and subscriptions.”
Other significant accomplishments for Google in the previous quarter include generating over 230 million videos using their Veo 3 technology, confirming the upcoming release of the Gemini 3 AI model later this year, and achieving 75 million daily active users for its recently launched AI Mode.