Google’s Two AI Rockstars Ready to Jump Ship to Anthropic
Here’s the scoop from June 25th: two heavy hitters in Google’s AI research division are reportedly plotting a move to Anthropic. Sources close to the situation say that Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel—both credited as key architects behind Google’s massive Gemini model—are about to sign on with the competition. Adler brings his experience from Google’s AI coding projects, while Pritzel has been deep in the trenches of AI system training.
In response, Google is shaking things up by restructuring its recently formed “strike team” dedicated to AI programming tools. The goal? To catch up fast with rivals like Anthropic in the most commercially valuable corners of the AI world.
Qualcomm Steps Up: Supplying Next-Gen AI Chips to Microsoft and Meta
On June 24 (local time), Qualcomm dropped some serious news: both Microsoft and Meta are locking in their latest AI chips from the silicon giant. Plus, they’re building custom chips for two other unnamed cloud behemoths. Here’s the tech breakdown: Microsoft is going all-in on Qualcomm’s brand-new High Bandwidth Computing (HBC) architecture. Why does this matter? It runs on affordable, standard memory found in phones and laptops, ditching the expensive HBM stacks used by Nvidia or the SRAM solutions from Cerebras. Meanwhile, Meta is powering up with Dragonfly C1000, a custom CPU designed specifically by Qualcomm for AI data centers.
Tencent’s OS-Level AI Assistant Marvis Hits the App Store
As of June 23, the mobile version of Marvis, Tencent’s operating-system-level AI assistant, officially landed on the Apple App Store. This marks a major milestone. After launching on Android, Windows, and macOS back on May 20th, Marvis now fully covers every corner of the mobile and PC landscape.
OpenAI Unveils Its First AI Chip, Built for Any LLM
On June 24, OpenAI joined forces with Broadcom to launch their very first intelligent processor, dubbed “Jalapeño.” Designed specifically for running large-scale language models (LLMs), this chip is the first AI accelerator in a series of computing platforms they’re building together. The mission? Speed things up, boost reliability, and make high-end AI way more accessible.
Sail Research, the AI Agent Infrastructure King, Bags $80M at $450M Valuation
June 25 saw a huge win for Sail Research, the infrastructure company built for long-haul AI agents. They just closed out their seed and Series A rounds with a combined $80 million haul, pushing their valuation to a cool $450 million. Kleiner Perkins led the Series A, while Sequoia Capital fronted the seed round. Notable angel investors joining the party include Alphabet Chairman John Hennessy and Together AI Chief Scientist Tri Dao.
Amazon Dumps Another $13B into Indian AI and Cloud, Eyeing $21B+ Total by 2030
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy met with Indian Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi on June 25 to announce a massive new investment: an extra $13 billion to expand AI and cloud infrastructure across India, stretching through 2030. This fresh cash pushes Amazon’s total planned spend in India’s AI and cloud sector between 2026 and 2030 to over $21 billion, cementing their spot as one of the biggest global investors in the region.
All that new money will go toward expanding AWS data center capacity in Mumbai and Hyderabad, delivering top-tier services to startups, enterprises, and governments alike—including Trainium custom AI chips and the Amazon Bedrock inference engine.
To put it in perspective: from 2010 all the way to 2030, Amazon plans to have invested over $88 billion in India total, with nearly half ($48 billion) slated for the next five years alone.
Galbot S1 Humanoid Robot Rolls Into CATL’s Smart Factory
CATL (Ningde Times) just confirmed a game-changing partnership with Galaxy General Robotics. They’ve signed a global strategic deal focused on upgrading smart production lines and scaling up embodied AI robots worldwide. They’re even teaming up to create the industry’s first post-market service standard for these bots. The star of the show? Galaxy General’s Galbot S1, the world’s first embodied AI robot capable of routine operations powered by CATL batteries. It’s already on the job at CATL’s smart factory, handling long-duration autonomous tasks in module and battery pack production.
