Company: GOOGL
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001308179-25-000511
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Company: Alphabet Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 are described in the Notice you received in the mail and in this proxy statement. We have also made available a copy of our 2024 Annual Report to Stockholders (Annual Report) with this proxy statement. We encourage you to read our Annual Report. It includes our audited financial statements and provides information about our business. We have elected to provide access to our proxy materials online under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s “notice and access” rules. We are constantly focused on improving the ways people connect with information and believe that providing our proxy materials online increases the ability of our stockholders to connect with the information they need, while reducing the environmental impact of our Annual Meeting. Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to participate in our Annual Meeting, we hope you will vote as soon as possible. You may vote online, as well as by telephone, or, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, by mailing a proxy or voting instruction form. Please review the instructions on each of your voting options described in this proxy statement and in the Notice you received in the mail. For more information, please see the Questions and Answers section of this proxy statement or visit the Annual Meeting of Stockholders section under the heading “Governance” on our Investor Relations website at https://abc.xyz/investor/annual-meeting/. Thank you for your ongoing support of, and continued interest in, Alphabet. Sincerely,

Alphabet2025 Proxy Statement 2

Letter from the Chair of the Board of Directors Dear Fellow Stockholders, Reflecting on the past year, our Board remains deeply impressed by Alphabet’s innovation and progress. In 2024, the company continued to make significant advancements across the business, particularly in AI, maintaining its leadership position while delivering real-world benefits to billions of users. Our Board is pleased with the company’s industry-leading work in AI, and the focus and dedication of its world-class research and engineering teams. Last year, we witnessed remarkable progress, from the evolution of Gemini models to the introduction of the agentic era with Gemini 2.0. The integration of AI into core products like Search and the way AI is now central to the company’s growing Cloud business demonstrate Google’s ability to translate cutting-edge research into helpful experiences and businesses. Our Board continues to work actively with management to ensure there is robust governance to develop this important technology in a thoughtful, responsible way. This includes controls and frameworks around AI development, stringent privacy and safety policies, rigorous risk assessments, and transparent oversight. We have always valued