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.
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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.
Google justifies its massive AI spending with a booming cloud business
Google’s cloud business is thriving, as companies adopting its AI and AI infrastructure services help the tech giant to report record profits.
Lovable signs multiyear deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says
Lovable and Google signed an expanded multiyear deal that involves a 5x expansion of Lovable’s footprint on Google Cloud, and expanded access to Anthropic Claude.
Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off
Earlier this week, five people who touch every layer of the AI supply chain sat down at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills, where they talked with TechCrunch about everything from chip shortages to orbital data centers to the possibility that the whole architecture that undergirds the tech is wrong.
Google Cloud surpasses $20B but says growth was capacity-constrained
Google Cloud topped $20B in quarterly revenue for the first time, fueled by surging demand for AI. But capacity constraints mean it could have grown even faster.
Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic in cash and compute
Google plans up to $40B investment in Anthropic as AI rivals race to secure massive compute capacity, following the limited release of its powerful, cybersecurity-focused Mythos model.
Google Cloud launches two new AI chips to compete with Nvidia
Google’s newest TPUs are faster and cheaper than the previous versions. But the company is still embracing Nvidia in its cloud — for now.
Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multi-billion-dollar deal
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab has signed a multi-billion-dollar deal with Google Cloud for AI infrastructure powered by Nvidia’s latest GB300 chips, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next 2026
Google wants AI startups on its cloud and has showcased a long list of them at its annual conference.