The profit amounted to $2.31 per share, compared to forecasted $2.18 per share.
The market had expected the turnover to increase by 10.9 percent compared to the second quarter last year. The turnover increase was instead 14 percent.
Alphabet has invested heavily in cloud services, which are considered the best indicator of how the AI revolution contributes to the company's figures. In the preliminary speculation, the turnover in the business area was expected to amount to $13.11 billion. It was instead $13.62 billion.
In February, the IT giant announced that it would invest $75 billion in AI during the year - significantly more than the market's then expectation of just under $59 billion. Now, the amount is being increased to $85 billion due to "strong and growing demand for our cloud products", writes CNBC.
The turnover from advertising on Youtube amounted to $9.79 billion, compared to expected $9.56 billion.
The cost of data traffic amounted to $14.71 billion, to be compared with expected $14.18 billion.
Unlike the other so-called "Magnificent Seven" companies, Alphabet's share has not moved significantly during the year, up 0.6 percent since the turn of the year. The share closed slightly down on Wednesday.
