谷歌参考母公司Alphabet最新一季财报显示(截至2025年6月30日),公司Capex(Purchases of property and equipment)为224.46亿美元。由于谷歌并未披露EBITDA,我们可以用Operating Income(营业利润)+Depreciation of property and equipment(固定资产折旧)得到近似值为362.69亿美元(312.71+49.98)。整体算下来,谷歌Capex / EBITDA约为0.619。
“在泡沫时期,乐观的分析师们会用科技提高生产力来为高市盈率辩护。他们对于具体公司认知或许有误,但这一根本原则是正确的。”(During the Bubble, optimistic analysts used to justify high price to earnings ratios by saying that technology was going to increase productivity dramatically. They were wrong about the specific companies, but not so wrong about the underlying principle.)
诚如“硅谷创业教父”保罗·格雷厄姆(Paul Graham)在2004年对互联网时代的总结。
在AI的普及下,AI正在成为重要的生产力工具。例如,AI办公让我们不再需要“手敲”会议纪要;AI Agent能为我们每天“端上”一份行业的最新简报。“技术是一种乘法杠杆。如果现在的生产力是从0到100,十倍的增长就能将生产力放大至1000。”格雷厄姆说。(Technology is a lever. It doesn't add; it multiplies. If the present range of productivity is 0 to 100, introducing a multiple of 10 increases the range from 0 to 1000.)