Google Cloud races to catch up in the AI deployment wars with Accenture deal
Google Cloud expands its enterprise AI push with Accenture, betting on forward-deployed engineers to drive adoption and overcome deployment bottlenecks.
Meta’s ‘open’ AI, and a $250M deal gone very wrong
Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to Muse Spark, the company’s more powerful model that stays locked behind its own APIs. The release landed alongside a letter from Mark Zuckerberg arguing AI should be “for everyon...
Exclusive: Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self-improving AI
Mirendil has signed a $100 million-plus Google Cloud partnership to expand its compute infrastructure, powering research into self-improving AI systems designed to accelerate scientific discovery and AI development.
Improving GPT-5.6 Sol in ChatGPT—and expanding access for free users
ChatGPT introduces improved GPT-5.6 Sol with better accuracy and consistency, plus expanded access for free users and unlimited everyday chats with GPT-5.6 Luna.
Meet Token Saver: An Open-Source MCP Extension Using Local Hybrid RAG to Cut Claude PDF Token Costs 90-99%
Marktechpost AI has released Token Saver, an open-source MCP extension for Claude Desktop that uses local Hybrid RAG to slash PDF token consumption by up to 99% while ensuring absolute document privacy.
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SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open-source AI lab
Reflection AI will pay $150 million a month beginning July 1, 2026 through 2029 for immediate access to Nvidia's latest GB300 AI chips and supporting hardware across SpaceX's Colossus 2 data center near Memphis, Tennessee.
Lovable signs multi-year deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says
Lovable and Google signed an expanded multi-year deal athat involves a 5x expansion of Lovable's footprint on Google Cloud, and expanded access to Anthropic Claude.
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Enterprise AI is entering a different phase now, one where enterprises are no longer evaluating whether AI is exciting. They are evaluating whether it is safe to deploy broadly.