Alphabet Inc.
Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company. Created in 2015 through a restructuring of Google, Alphabet became the parent holding company of Google and several Google subsidiaries including Waymo, DeepMind, Verily, YouTube, Fitbit, and Waze.
The 2025 UN Human Rights Council report A/HRC/59/23 identifies corporations complicit in Israel's "economy of genocide," explicitly naming Google and Alphabet.
Google Military Contracts
Alphabet's primary subsidiary Google provides $1.2 billion in cloud and AI services to the Israeli military through Project Nimbus. Internal Google documents estimated potential revenue of $3.3 billion from Israeli data centers between 2023 and 2027, with $525 million through 2028 from Israel's Ministry of War.
Project Nimbus contracts are structured to prevent Google from withdrawing services or imposing usage restrictions. Israel can extend the contract up to 23 years with limited ability for Google to withdraw. Services include AI and machine learning, facial detection, object tracking, and sentiment analysis, technologies connected to AI targeting systems including "Lavender," "Gospel," and "Where's Daddy?".
Google also signed a $45 million propaganda contract with the Israeli Government Advertising Agency to counter UN reports documenting Gaza famine.
Ownership Structure
Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin directly control 51.7% of voting power despite no longer holding executive positions and its institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group funds (13.74%) and BlackRock and its funds (7.69%).
Sources:
- +972 Magazine 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing spree in Gaza
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Internal Google documents reveal early human rights concerns over controversial Project Nimbus contract with Israel
- Drop Site News Google Signed $45 Million Contract with Israeli Government
- OHCHR A/HRC/59/23: From economy of occupation to economy of genocide - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
- The Intercept Google Worried It Couldn’t Control How Israel Uses Project Nimbus, Files Reveal