Alphabet $GOOGL spent $61.1B on research and development last year, more than Intel's entire 2025 revenue of $52.9B!
R&D spending in each company's latest fiscal year:
1. Alphabet $GOOGL: $61.1B
2. Meta $META: $57.4B
3. Microsoft $MSFT: $35.6B
4. Apple $AAPL: $34.6B
5. Nvidia $NVDA: $18.5B
6. Intel $INTC: $13.8B
7. Broadcom $AVGO: $11.0B
8. Oracle $ORCL: $10.3B
9. AMD $AMD: $8.1B
10. Tesla $TSLA: $6.4B
Meta's R&D bill jumped 31% in a year, from $43.9B to $57.4B, and it also spent more than Intel brought in.
Nvidia spends less than a third of what Alphabet does on R&D, even though its revenue is more than half of Alphabet's.
Note: Amazon doesn't break out R&D as its own line, so it isn't on the list.