AI Alliances Expand Across Europe and Cloud
The series tracks major AI firms partnering with research communities and cloud providers, beginning with DeepMind’s grant of compute credits to European researchers and continuing with OpenAI’s integration of its models and Codex into Google Cloud. The saga now shows a growing convergence of AI development resources across industry and academia, positioning cloud platforms as central hubs for next‑generation AI tools.
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OpenAI adds models and Codex to Google Cloud for developers
The shift reflects OpenAI’s growing demand for compute resources. After securing a deal with Google Cloud in May 2025 to use its infrastructure, the company began renting Google’s TPUs in July 2025,…
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Google DeepMind to give 200 European researchers $3M in credits
Google DeepMind and Google Cloud have announced a plan to support scientific research in Europe. The initiative will provide access to their frontier AI models for up to 200 European scientific…
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