Google Cloud is Google's cloud computing platform, offering compute, AI models and infrastructure services. Recent coverage has focused on multi-vendor model access and compute expansion: OpenAI frontier models and Codex workflows are coming to Gemini's Model Garden via Google Cloud Marketplace, Anthropic-managed Claude is now an option, and A5X instances built on NVIDIA Vera Rubin are generally available. Other news includes Cloud Modernize migration agents, a joint Accenture unit training up to 1,000 engineers, and a five-year extension with BNP Paribas CIB.
Google Cloud launches free Gemini courses for finance and legalGoogle Cloud's Google Skills launched free industry-specific Gemini video bundles for financial services (four 15-minute videos) and legal (five). It also offers the no-cost GEAR program, giving registrants 35 credits for hands-on agentic AI training.
Google Cloud launches Anthropic-managed Claude optionGoogle Cloud launched an Anthropic-managed Claude option, offering users a new way to deploy and manage the model.
OpenAI models are coming to Google CloudOpenAI and Google Cloud are teaming up to bring OpenAI frontier models and Codex workflows to Gemini's Model Garden, available via Google Cloud Marketplace. The move puts OpenAI models on a rival cloud platform, reflecting demand for multi-cloud distribution.
Google Cloud, NVIDIA Vera Rubin infrastructure now availableGoogle Cloud and NVIDIA announced general availability of A5X instances, opening next month with planned expansion to Europe. A5X combines Vera Rubin NVL72, ConnectX-9 SuperNICs and liquid cooling for large-scale agentic inference and reinforcement learning. Google Cloud plans up to 960,000 Rubin GPUs across multiple sites.
Alphabet as an AI investment alternative benefiting from OpenAI and AnthropicA Motley Fool piece argues Alphabet is a compelling AI investment before OpenAI and Anthropic go public. Google Cloud supplies compute to both rivals: OpenAI agreed in May 2025 to use Google Cloud capacity, while Anthropic uses Google's custom silicon more deeply.
Mizzou-Google partnership expands AI research resourcesThe University of Missouri is partnering with Google Public Sector to provide faculty and student researchers with access to Google Cloud's AI-optimized stack, high-performance computing, and technical support through its AERI center. The collaboration includes AI education, training, and certification programs.
Alphabet seen as next $5 trillion club member after NvidiaThe Motley Fool argues Alphabet, with its full-stack AI position across infrastructure, frontier models, cloud, and distribution, could become the next $5 trillion company by end-2028. Gemini's app has 950M monthly users, and TPUs are now being offered to select customers.
SpaceX vs. Nvidia: The Better AI Stock for 2027?The Motley Fool compares SpaceX and Nvidia, arguing the key is which can more predictably turn AI spending into profit. Nvidia's Q2 revenue hit $96.2 billion, up 106% year over year, with data center at $89 billion, as it transitions from Blackwell to the Vera Rubin platform.
Google Cloud adds AI agents, unifies modernization suiteGoogle Cloud is consolidating migration and modernization tools under Cloud Modernize and adding an EKS-to-GKE migration agent plus enhanced Quick Estimator Agent capabilities that generate TCO estimates from infrastructure data and test migration scenarios in natural language. Migration Center and app modernization tools move into a new Modernization Hub to simplify enterprise cloud transformation.
BNP Paribas Extends AI Deal with Google Cloud for Five YearsBNP Paribas CIB has extended its partnership with Google Cloud for five years, aiming to use artificial intelligence to boost efficiency. The move shows large banks are accelerating AI adoption in core operations.
Google Cloud, Accenture form FDE unit to train 1,000 engineersGoogle Cloud and Accenture created a joint unit called Accenture Gemini Enterprise Business Group to train up to 1,000 forward-deployed engineers to build custom AI applications on the Gemini Enterprise platform. The organization will sit under Accenture.
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