Timeline
Google committed $11B/year to SpaceX for compute at xAI data centers
Google booked Intel to package 3M+ TPUs in 2028
Google released DiffusionGemma, a 26B-parameter open-weight diffusion text model, under Apache 2.0 license.
Released Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, an audio model for real-time translation
Google finalized the acquisition of energy developer Intersect months before the Meitner site project was announced.
Google commits $11B/year to SpaceX for compute at xAI data centers
Experienced a significant AI budget blowout due to unmanaged Claude Code usage.
Uber acquired the luxury chauffeur booking platform Blacklane to expand its executive travel business.
CEO Dara Khosrowshahi predicts AI agents will surpass human engineers in ROI within 5 years
Plans to hire more software engineers initially as AI makes them more efficient