April 18, 2025

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The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next 

Google held its Google Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas this week, where it announced dozens of new features, like its next generation AI processing chip, called Ironwood, and its latest AI model, Gemini 2.5 Flash. It also announced a long list of AI startups that have signed to use its cloud. Among them are

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Google is shipping Gemini models faster than its AI safety reports

More than two years after Google was caught flat-footed by the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the company has dramatically picked up the pace. In late March, Google launched an AI reasoning model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, that leads the industry on several benchmarks measuring coding and math capabilities. That launch came just three months after the

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Google pitched its $32B Wiz acquisition as ‘multicloud’

Google pitched its $32B Wiz acquisition as ‘multicloud’ : Tuesday’s big news that Google is acquiring security startup Wiz for a record-breaking $32 billion comes with a very big qualifier. Google says it will position Wiz as a “multicloud” offering, meaning Wiz will not be a Google-only shop.  The reality is that Google had no

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Google brings ‘canvas’ feature to Gemini, plus Audio Overview

Google brings ‘canvas’ feature to Gemini, plus Audio Overview : They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Google seems to agree. On Tuesday, the company added a feature to its AI-powered Gemini chatbot that the company is calling Canvas. Similar in concept to OpenAI’s identically named Canvas tool for ChatGPT and Anthropic’s

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Google is buying Wiz for up to $33B to beef up in cloud security

Google is making the biggest acquisition in its history. The company’s parent company Alphabet is buying Wiz, the cloud security startup, for $32 billion in an all-cash transaction. The deal has now been confirmed. A source described the transaction as a $33 billion deal previously. That includes the $1 billion that Google is paying out

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Google plans to release new ‘open’ AI models for drug discovery

During a health-focused event in New York on Tuesday, Google announced that it’s developing a collection of “open” AI models for drug discovery called TxGemma. The AI models, which Google said will be released through its Health AI Developer Foundations program later this month, can understand both “regular text” and the structures of different “therapeutic

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Google launches new healthcare features for Search, Android

Google on Tuesday announced new products aimed at healthcare features use cases, including improved overviews in Google Search for health queries, medical records APIs, and new health-focused “open” AI models. In Search, Google says it’s using AI and ranking systems to expand “knowledge panel” answers on thousands of health-related topics, and adding support for healthcare

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Google revives talks to acquire Wiz at higher valuation

Google revives talks to acquire Wiz at higher valuation. Update: the deal is done at $32 billion, in cash. Read more here. Google’s parent company Alphabet is again in advanced talks to acquire cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz, a person familiar with the deal told TechCrunch. The two companies were close to securing a deal at

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Google, Speedinvest back Leta; AI to make logistics cheaper

Google, Speedinvest back Kenya’s Leta; AI to make logistics cheaper. African businesses pay up to four times the global average to transport goods, driving up prices for essentials like food and medicine. Logistics make up 75% of product costs on the continent, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB). Many of these businesses also rely

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Google and Muon Space launch a new satellite to battle wildfires

Google and Muon Space launch a new satellite to battle wildfires. The first satellite of the Google-backed FireSat constellation successfully made it to orbit over the weekend, kicking off what promises to be a new era in wildfire detection and monitoring. The constellation will keep a close eye on wildfires. When fully operational, the constellation’s

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