Google is now a glorified venture-capital fund thanks to its SpaceX and Anthropic stakes

Google is now a glorified venture-capital fund thanks to its SpaceX and Anthropic stakes

By Britney Nguyen
Publication Date: 2026-05-02 13:31:00

Google’s early investments in SpaceX and Anthropic look like some of the “most successful venture bets any public company has ever made,” one expert says.