Alphabet owns YouTube and Google Cloud through its Google subsidiary.
Alphabet was created in 2015 as a holding company that reorganized Google and several related businesses. Google remained the largest part of the group, operating Search, YouTube, Android, Google Maps, advertising systems, and Google Cloud.
The restructuring separated Google’s core internet products from several experimental or specialized projects, often called “Other Bets.” These have included businesses and research connected with autonomous vehicles, life sciences, and internet access.
Alphabet is regularly included among the world’s most valuable companies by market capitalization because investors value Google’s dominant advertising business, large user base, cloud growth, and technology research. Its market position can change daily as share prices respond to earnings, regulation, competition, and economic expectations.