During the most recent year, Alphabet spent over ** billion U.S. dollars on research and development, up from **** billion USD in 2022. Additionally, Snap Inc. invested *** billion U.S. dollars in research and development.
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Google, & Facebook, & eBay, & Yahoo, & Twitter, & LinkedIn, & IAC, & AOL, & Meta Platforms. (April 1, 2024). Research and development expenditure of leading internet companies from 2014 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/270854/research-and-development-expenditure-of-leading-internet-companies/
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