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Why Google’s global buyouts matter despite cloud growth
Google's voluntary exit programme reached employees in five additional countries earlier in 2026, but the broader financial picture is more revealing than the timing of those offers. Alphabet's workforce has grown even as it seeks selective departures, while record cloud expansion and negative quarterly free cash flow expose a changing balance between talent, investment and operating efficiency.
Meta, Google and US government turn $1.8bn Biohub push toward AI models of human cells
Biohub’s Virtual Biology Initiative is expanding into a roughly $1.8 billion public-private effort involving Meta, Google DeepMind, Isomorphic Labs and United States agencies as researchers confront AI biology’s biggest constraint: high-quality experimental data.
Why Boston Dynamics chose Rohit Prasad as Atlas enters Hyundai factories
Boston Dynamics has appointed former Amazon AI executive Rohit Prasad as CEO as Hyundai Motor Group moves Atlas toward factory deployment and prepares capacity for as many as 30,000 robots annually by 2028.
FORT Robotics $556.6m SPAC deal puts physical AI safety economics under scrutiny
FORT Robotics targets a $556.6 million valuation and Nasdaq listing as 62% revenue growth tests whether physical AI safety can justify a 48x sales multiple.
River AI’s $1.1bn war chest: Can a four-month-old neolab crack enterprise AI?
Igor Babuschkin's River AI has landed $1.1 billion with Nvidia and AMD Ventures backing, squeezing closed-source labs on enterprise fine-tuning economics.
Google Flow Music gets Lyria 3.5 upgrade with sharper vocals and lyrics
Alphabet ships Lyria 3.5 to Google Flow Music on Q2 earnings day, as Suno's D. Mass. summary judgment and GEMA's 31 July Munich verdict test AI music training.
OpenAI IPO filing puts trillion-dollar AI valuation debate at centre of Wall Street pipeline
OpenAI has filed for a U.S. IPO after Anthropic. See why Wall Street’s AI valuation test may reshape the IPO market.
Leap Scholar data shows Singapore overtaking traditional markets as Indian students pivot to AI-led degrees
Singapore now ranks second in Indian student study-abroad conversations as AI and data science overtake legacy master's choices, Leap Scholar data shows.
OpenAI closes largest private funding round in Silicon Valley history at $852bn valuation
OpenAI closes a $122B funding round at an $852B valuation. What it means for AI infrastructure, the IPO timeline, and enterprise competition. Read more.
Can AI fuel the UK’s national renewal? Google DeepMind and Downing Street are betting big
Google DeepMind’s UK partnership brings AI into labs, classrooms, and Whitehall. Find out how this deal could shape the UK’s national renewal strategy.