What is cashflow?

What is cashflow? What is cashflow and why does it matter that Google reported negative cashflow for the first time in decades? Which I honestly like that shit blew my mind. So let's get into it. Cashflow is the money moving in and out of a business. It's not revenue, it's not profit, it's the actual cash moving in and out. Free cash flow is the number that people focus on. It's the cash after paying off all the operating expenses, paying off all the employees, etc. It's what a business makes after paying for all their expenses. So last quarter, Google made $39 billion. Yes, that's great, but they spent $45 billion, making them negative cash flow last quarter for the first time since like 2004. When I saw that on their earnings report, my brain like, my brain like exploded because like, Google, one of the largest companies on the US stock market, reporting negative cash flow. Yes, there's a lot coming in, but that means there's even more going out. Negative cash flow. It doesn't mean that they're a bad business. They just have spending problems. And the fact that they're spending it on AI infrastructure is actually profitable is something that every single investor is wondering right now because we're trying to see like when the AI bubbles pop in, when they're not, honestly, I think it's a bubble. Ray Dalio said every single time there's a new technology, a bubble comes with it because we can't accurately price the actual technology. Like the .com bubble. So let's see how it goes. Um, let's hold onto our socks for this one. Put your seatbelts on and let's see how the market reacts in the next six months. Honestly, like I watch the market every single day. I'm so incredibly passionate about this stuff. So drop me a follow if you love hearing about investing, and you want to learn more about money and finance and money making and all that. Let me know what you guys think about Google's first negative cash flow quarter since literally they IPO'd.