Nvidia reaches licensing deal with Groq amid AI chip rivalry with Google Tensor| Business News

Nvidia Corp. has agreed to a licensing deal with AI chip startup Groq, furthering its investments in companies connected to the AI boom. Groq founder Jonathan Ross and other top executives will join Nvidia “to help advance and scale licensed technology”. (Bloomberg) As part of the Nvidia-Groq deal, Groq’s Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Ross and […]

Meta said in talks to use Google Tensor AI chips in fresh headache for Nvidia| Business News

Meta Platforms Inc. is reportedly in talks to spend billions on Google’s Tensor AI chips, which are powering its industry-benchmark Gemini 3 model. Nvidia Corp. shares plunged even as Alphabet Inc.’s shares surged on the news. Google already supplies up to 1 million Tensor chips to Anthropic PBC, in what has been called a “really […]

Google doubles down on India AI opportunity with plan to fund local AI startups| Business News

Alphabet Inc.’s Google and venture capital firm Accel will partner to fund at least 10 early-stage Indian AI startups, in the first such funding partnership involving the search giant. India-born Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Google is investing $15 billion to build a 1 GW AI data centre in India, and is offering Google Gemini for […]

Meta Platforms is said to partner Sify for 500 MW AI data centre in Visakhapatnam| Business News

Meta Platforms Inc. is said to partner Nasdaq-listed and India-focused Sify Technologies Ltd. to set up a 500 MW data centre in Visakhapatnam, as global technology firms descend on the east-coast city to tap into India’s insatiable appetite for AI compute. Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms will also land its ambitious subsea cable project ‘Waterworth’ at […]

Google debuts Gemini 3 AI model that can ‘read the room’ with interactive answers| Business News

Alphabet Inc.’s Google debuted an updated version of its AI model Gemini that executives said represents a “massive jump” in reasoning and coding ability. As part of the Gemini 3 rollout and in this push for growth, Google will be offering US college students Gemini Pro for free for a year. (Unsplash) The new model, […]

Apple, Google close in on $1-billion/year AI deal to use Gemini for Siri| Business News

Apple Inc. is planning to pay about $1 billion a year for an ultrapowerful 1.2 trillion parameter AI model developed by Alphabet Inc.’s Google that would help run its long-promised overhaul of the Siri voice assistant, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Apple and Google are finalising a deal that would give Apple […]

Google wants to build AI data centres in space, powered by the sun| Business News

Google has launched a new research moonshot, called ‘Project Suncatcher’, to build AI data centres in space powered by the sun. Google, in partnership with satellite maker Planet Labs, plans to launch two prototype satellites by early 2027 to test the harware in orbit. (AI Image) The idea is to build a constellation of solar-powered […]

Some Reliance Jio users to get free Google Gemini Pro access for 18 months — how to claim| Business News

Reliance Jio has partnered with Google to offer select 5G users free access to Gemini Pro for 18 months. The plan—priced at ₹35,100—will be available to eligible Jio subscribers aged 18-25 through the MyJio app. The tie-up marks a major move by Reliance Jio and Google to bring advanced AI tools to India’s fast-growing 5G […]