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The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds

EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, is now valued at more than $500 million.

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Google keeps losing top AI researchers to rivals
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Google keeps losing top AI researchers to rivals

Google is losing key AI researchers to competing companies, indicating challenges in retaining top talent in the...

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A24 Knows You’re Mad About the Google AI Collab
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A24 Knows You’re Mad About the Google AI Collab

Google DeepMind has invested $75 million in indie film studio A24, sparking backlash from indie movie fans concerned...

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Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI’s future in Hollywood with A24 deal
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Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI’s future in Hollywood with A24 deal

Google DeepMind is investing $75 million in partnership with A24 to develop AI filmmaking tools. The collaboration aims...

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Google Deepmind and A24 team up on AI filmmaking research
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Google Deepmind and A24 team up on AI filmmaking research

Google Deepmind and film studio A24 announce a long-term research partnership focused on AI filmmaking. Google is...

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Google Deepmind loses another top AI researcher as Nobel laureate John Jumper leaves for Anthropic
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Google Deepmind loses another top AI researcher as Nobel laureate John Jumper leaves for Anthropic

Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic after nearly nine years, marking the third...

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Google to Pay SpaceX $30 billion for AI Compute
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Google to Pay SpaceX $30 billion for AI Compute

Google has agreed to pay SpaceX $30 billion for AI compute resources in a major deal. This marks SpaceX's second...

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SpaceX signs $920 million per month deal with Google for 110,000 Nvidia AI chips ahead of IPO
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SpaceX signs $920 million per month deal with Google for 110,000 Nvidia AI chips ahead of IPO

SpaceX is leasing AI computing capacity to Google for $920 million per month, providing access to approximately 110,000...

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Lovable signs multiyear deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says
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Lovable signs multiyear deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says

Lovable has signed an expanded multiyear deal with Google Cloud that includes a 5x expansion of its footprint on the...

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Alphabet’s record-breaking $85B raise for Google’s AI business is a helluva good signal
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Alphabet’s record-breaking $85B raise for Google’s AI business is a helluva good signal

Alphabet completed a record-breaking $85 billion stock sale, signaling strong investor confidence in AI-related...

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Alphabet Sets $80B AI Funding Goal
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Alphabet Sets $80B AI Funding Goal

Alphabet is setting an $80 billion funding goal for AI initiatives, with Berkshire Hathaway committing $10 billion to...

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bets $10 billion on Alphabet's AI infrastructure buildout
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bets $10 billion on Alphabet's AI infrastructure buildout

Alphabet is raising $80 billion to scale its AI infrastructure, with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway contributing...

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Alphabet plans to raise $80B to pay for AI buildout
Startups & FundingGoogle

Alphabet plans to raise $80B to pay for AI buildout

Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion to fund its AI infrastructure buildout, driven by strong enterprise and consumer...

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Blackstone to Invest $5B in AI Cloud Company Using Google TPUs
Startups & FundingGoogle

Blackstone to Invest $5B in AI Cloud Company Using Google TPUs

Blackstone is investing $5 billion in an AI cloud company that utilizes Google TPUs, marking a new business venture for...

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Alphabet's Isomorphic Labs raises $2.1 billion to scale AI drug discovery toward clinical trials
Startups & FundingGoogle

Alphabet's Isomorphic Labs raises $2.1 billion to scale AI drug discovery toward clinical trials

Isomorphic Labs, an AI drug discovery company founded by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis, has raised $2.1 billion in...

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Google’s AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk’s head
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Google’s AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk’s head

The article discusses Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, who is a central figure in the ongoing Musk v. Altman...

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Google CEO says Pichai says people "love" AI Overviews and keep coming back to search more
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Google CEO says Pichai says people "love" AI Overviews and keep coming back to search more

Alphabet is investing up to $190 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure through 2026, with spending expected to rise...

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Google Could Invest Another $40B in Anthropic
Startups & FundingGoogle

Google Could Invest Another $40B in Anthropic

Google is considering investing an additional $40 billion in Anthropic as part of a broader tech industry investment...

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Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic in cash and compute
Startups & FundingGoogle

Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic in cash and compute

Google announced plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, marking a major funding commitment as AI companies...

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Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multibillion-dollar deal
Startups & FundingGoogle

Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multibillion-dollar deal

Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab has secured a multibillion-dollar infrastructure deal with Google Cloud, leveraging...

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