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- Alphabet's earnings blew past expectations in Q1 of 2024 and sent stocks soaring.
- Google Search, YouTube, Google Cloud, and AI technology like Gemini have performed strongly.
- The Q1 earnings came after a tumultuous 2023 that saw large-scale layoffs.
Alphabet, Google's parent company, releases its earnings data every quarter.
Sundar Pichai, who is the CEO of Google and Alphabet, joins the earnings calls to deliver updates and answer questions.