Google Stock Surges on AI Frenzy, Olympic Cloud Deal and Big Deals – Can It Hit $300 Next?
Post-Atlas Selloff and Anthropic News Rekindle Rally Alphabet’s stock briefly tumbled Tuesday (Oct. 21) after OpenAI unveiled the ChatGPT Atlas browser, a direct challenge to Google Chrome. The stock closed at $250.46 on Oct. 21 (down ~2.4%) timesofindia.indiatimes.com investing.com after initially plunging as much as 4.8% intraday. OpenAI’s Atlas integrates ChatGPT into web browsing and includes an “agent mode” for automating tasks apnews.com apnews.com. Analysts warned this could threaten Google’s search ad franchise. “It will be a big challenge competing with a giant who has ridiculous market share,” noted Forrester analyst Paddy Harrington about OpenAI’s browser contesting Google’s dominance apnews.com.