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Google is a multinational technology company specializing in internet-related products and services, founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Its core businesses include search, advertising and cloud computing, but it also has divisions in hardware and software development. Sundar Pichai currently serves as CEO. Its primary competitors include other major tech companies such as Amazon, Apple and Facebook. Google is making forays into artificial intelligence with Gemini, its conversational AI that aims to compete with OpenAI.

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AI Infrastructure

Nvidia’s Share of AI Inference Chip Market Appears to Be Rising

By Phoebe Liu · Jun 15, 2026 8:31am PDT
As AI developers and cloud providers have launched server chips to lessen their dependence on Nvidia’s, some analysts and executives at these firms expected the chips to eat into Nvidia’s market share.That doesn’t seem to be happening.Nvidia has actually increased its share of the market for chips that power existing AI models, known as... As AI developers and cloud providers have launched server chips to lessen their dependence on...
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Inside Broadcom’s Bold Move to Boost Demand for Its Chips

By Dakin Campbell and Valida Pau · Jun 15, 2026 6:00am PDT · 3 comments
When Broadcom last week announced a funding venture with Apollo and Blackstone to pay for a gigawatt of computing capacity to be used by Anthropic, it looked like the latest in a series of AI computing deals funded by private equity. Behind the scenes, however, the deal represents a risky move by Broadcom to boost demand for its chips. While the... When Broadcom last week announced a funding venture with Apollo and Blackstone to pay for a...
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The Weekend

AI’s Blithe Spending and Crusoe’s Stargate Woes

By Abram Brown · Jun 13, 2026 8:09am PDT
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Tech readies itself for a Reta-aissance • Politics and Policy: A Silicon Valley politician’s counter move to the big tech PACs• Biotech: Longevity startups’ holy grail pursuit faces a prosaic roadblock• Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “Last Resort,” “The Yahoo Boys”... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Tech readies itself for a...
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Anthropic Pursues First Data Center Leases, Seeks Financial Backing From Google

By Anissa Gardizy · Jun 11, 2026 9:30am PDT · 1 comment
Anthropic is moving forward with a plan to control its own servers for developing AI, giving it the ability to cut its computing costs in the long run. The maker of Claude in recent months has signed more than a dozen initial agreements, known as letters of intent, to lease data center facilities from various U.S. developers, according to... Anthropic is moving forward with a plan to control its own servers for developing AI, giving it...
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Google Turns to Samsung for Future AI Chip as Capacity Tightens

By Qianer Liu · Jun 11, 2026 6:00am PDT · 1 comment
Google is considering giving Samsung Electronics a crucial role in making a component of one of its most advanced future AI chips, as the ongoing manufacturing capacity crunch pushes chip firms to look for suppliers beyond Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. The U.S. tech giant is in talks with Samsung to manufacture part of a next-generation... Google is considering giving Samsung Electronics a crucial role in making a component of one of...
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The Briefing

German Court Ruling Against Google Spotlights AI Liability Question

By Martin Peers · Jun 10, 2026 5:00pm PDT
We got big news in the past couple of days concerning a European court ruling against Google. But bear with me, this is not one of those knee-jerk anti-U.S. tech decisions we often see coming out of Europe. This ruling makes some sense—and could have broader implications for the AI sector. A court in Germany found that Google is responsible for... We got big news in the past couple of days concerning a European court ruling against Google. But...