Hacker News with Generative AI: Partnerships

Ride into the Future with Waymo on Uber in Austin (uber.com)
Starting today, Austin riders can be matched with a Waymo autonomous vehicle (AV) on the Uber app, making your next trip even more special.

Autonomous Vehicles, Ride-Hailing, Austin, Partnerships

43 points by ChrisArchitect 4 days ago | 92 comments

Arm secures Meta as first customer for ambitious new chip project (ft.com)

Arm, Meta, Semiconductors, Partnerships, Technology

14 points by mfiguiere 23 days ago | 3 comments

Mullvad has partnered with Obscura VPN (mullvad.net)
Today we are announcing a partnership with Obscura VPN, a newly launched two-party VPN service that uses our WireGuard VPN servers as its “exit hop”.

VPN, Partnerships, Privacy, Security

17 points by dgavrilov 26 days ago | 4 comments

OpenAI announces SoftBank partnership as fallout from DeepSeek continues (semafor.com)
OpenAI announced a joint venture with Japan’s SoftBank on Monday, with the investment giant spending $3 billion a year to use OpenAI software, in an apparent change of strategy following DeepSeek’s unexpected rise.

OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Investments, Business, Partnerships

18 points by thunderbong 33 days ago | 17 comments

We're accelerating the Android XR platform with a new agreement with HTC (google)
We’ve been investing in XR for more than a decade, and just last month introduced the Android XR platform with our strategic industry partners. Today we signed an agreement to welcome some of the HTC VIVE engineering team to Google, which is subject to customary closing conditions.

Android, XR, Partnerships, Technology, Google

56 points by ytch 45 days ago | 69 comments

Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centers (apnews.com)
President Donald Trump on Tuesday talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.

Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers, Partnerships, Investments, Technology

1021 points by tedsanders 46 days ago | 1538 comments

Rivian stock rises as Volkswagen plans to expand $5.8 billion EV partnership (electrek.co)
Rivian’s (RIVN) stock is trending on Friday after Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume hinted at expanding upon their new EV partnership.

Electric Vehicles, Stock Market, Volkswagen, Partnerships

7 points by zfg 50 days ago | 0 comments

Nissan, Honda, and Mitsubishi Motors sign MOU on collaborative considerations (global.honda)
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ("Nissan"), Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ("Honda"), and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation ("Mitsubishi Motors") have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the possibility of Mitsubishi Motors’ participation, involvement, and synergy sharing in relation to the business integration through the establishment of a joint holding company outlined in an MOU signed between Nissan and Honda.

Automotive, Partnerships, Japan, Business, Joint Ventures

3 points by samdung 72 days ago | 1 comments

Cohere is working with Palantir to deploy its AI models (techcrunch.com)
Cohere is one of the best-known AI startups outside of OpenAI and Anthropic, hitting a $5.5 billion valuation as of July. It’s co-founded by an author of the “Attention Is All You Need” paper that helped launch the large language model (LLM) revolution.

Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Partnerships

7 points by brody_slade_ai 82 days ago | 0 comments

Android XR (google)
In partnership with Samsung and Qualcomm, we announced Android XR, a platform to extend your reality to explore, connect and create in new ways.

Android, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mobile Technology, Partnerships

354 points by dagmx 86 days ago | 299 comments

Tech companies Palantir and Anduril form fellowship for AI adventures (theregister.com)
Two tech businesses that were independently named after objects from The Lord of the Rings have formed a partnership – or should that be a fellowship?

Artificial Intelligence, Partnerships, Tech Companies

37 points by YeGoblynQueenne 89 days ago | 34 comments

Palantir, Anduril to save data from battlefield to train AI models (businesstimes.com.sg)
SOFTWARE company Palantir Technologies and weapons maker Anduril Industries plan to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the US military and are inviting other companies to join the effort.

Military, Artificial Intelligence, Data, Technology, Partnerships

13 points by hackandthink 90 days ago | 0 comments

Anduril Partners with OpenAI to Advance US AI Leadership and Protect US Forces (anduril.com)
A family of autonomous systems, powered by Lattice, that provides integrated, persistent awareness and security across land, sea and air -- all at the tactical edge.

Artificial Intelligence, Military Technology, Partnerships

26 points by sandwichsphinx 94 days ago | 4 comments

Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal (arstechnica.com)
Anthropic has announced a partnership with Palantir and Amazon Web Services to bring its Claude AI models to unspecified US intelligence and defense agencies.

Artificial Intelligence, Government, Security, Partnerships

239 points by lawls 120 days ago | 184 comments

Anthropic teams up with Palantir and AWS to sell AI to defense customers (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic on Thursday said it is teaming up with data analytics firm Palantir and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide U.S. intelligence and defense agencies access to Anthropic’s Claude family of AI models.

Artificial Intelligence, Defense, Cloud Computing, Partnerships

84 points by handfuloflight 121 days ago | 92 comments

Fujitsu, AMD Plan to Pair Monaka CPUs with Instinct GPUs (theregister.com)
Fujitsu and AMD announced plans on Friday to develop a new, more energy-efficient AI and HPC compute platform that will pair the Japanese tech vendor's next-gen CPUs with the House of Zen's Instinct accelerators.

AI, CPUs, GPUs, Hardware, Partnerships

5 points by rbanffy 126 days ago | 0 comments

Quantum Machines, Nvidia use machine learning to get closer to quantum computer (techcrunch.com)
About a year and a half ago, quantum control startup Quantum Machines and Nvidia announced a deep partnership that would bring together Nvidia’s DGX Quantum computing platform and Quantum Machine’s advanced quantum control hardware.

Quantum Computing, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Partnerships

4 points by nsoonhui 126 days ago | 0 comments

Quantum Machines and Nvidia use ML toward error-corrected quantum computer (techcrunch.com)
About a year and a half ago, quantum control startup Quantum Machines and Nvidia announced a deep partnership that would bring together Nvidia’s DGX Quantum computing platform and Quantum Machine’s advanced quantum control hardware.

Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Partnerships, Technology

2 points by bobismyuncle 126 days ago | 0 comments

MikroTik and Ampere co-developing a product line with server-class CPUs (mikrotik.com)
Riga, Latvia & Santa Clara, CA, USA – MikroTik, a leading European IT manufacturer, and Ampere®️, an innovative US-based leader in Cloud Native Processors, are proud to announce a collaboration to develop a new line of products featuring state-of-the-art server-class CPUs that will push the boundaries of cost-effective, efficient, and powerful networking.

Networking, Hardware, Partnerships, CPUs, Cloud Computing

47 points by InitEnabler 128 days ago | 14 comments

GitHub cuts AI deals with Google, Anthropic (bloomberg.com)
Microsoft Corp.’s GitHub has agreed to bake artificial intelligence models from Anthropic and Alphabet Inc.’s Google into a coding assistant used by millions of software developers.

Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Partnerships, Google, Anthropic

897 points by jbredeche 130 days ago | 702 comments

Nvidia signs a slew of AI-related deals in India (techcrunch.com)
Nvidia is embarking on a series of partnerships with Indian firms to deploy its AI chips and technology, deepening its push into a key growth market.

Nvidia, Artificial Intelligence, India, Partnerships, Technology

5 points by rntn 136 days ago | 0 comments

Microsoft and OpenAI's close partnership shows signs of fraying (nytimes.com)
The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.

Microsoft, OpenAI, Partnerships, Technology, Business

326 points by jhunter1016 142 days ago | 520 comments

Microsoft and OpenAI's Close Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying (nytimes.com)
The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.

Microsoft, OpenAI, Business, Partnerships, Artificial Intelligence

15 points by reaperducer 142 days ago | 1 comments

Waymo and Hyundai enter multi-year, strategic partnership (waymo.com)
Today, Waymo and Hyundai Motor Company announced they have entered into a multi-year, strategic partnership.

Autonomous Vehicles, Partnerships, Hyundai, Waymo

140 points by ra7 156 days ago | 85 comments

Google Flights now uses Amtrak data to show trains to consider alongside flights (9to5google.com)
Google Flights has started showing “trains to consider” alongside flights in a new partnership with Amtrak.

Travel, Transportation, Google, Amtrak, Partnerships

6 points by thunderbong 158 days ago | 6 comments

Microsoft Teams with Startup Anduril on Army Combat Goggle System (bloomberg.com)
Defense technology startup Anduril Industries Inc. is teaming up with Microsoft Corp. to improve the performance of new combat goggles for the US Army, Anduril said Thursday, in a project that may generate as much as $21.9 billion from the service over a decade.

Defense, Military Technology, Partnerships, Startups, Government Contracts

13 points by sharpshadow 171 days ago | 25 comments

T-Mobile to Supply OpenAI with Customer Data to Boost User Experience (wsj.com)
T-Mobile US TMUS -0.10%decrease; red down pointing triangle said it would partner with OpenAI to build an artificial-intelligence platform designed to help the telecom company gain and keep customers.

Artificial Intelligence, Telecommunications, Customer Experience, Partnerships

8 points by bookofjoe 171 days ago | 2 comments

Waymo and Uber partner to bring autonomous ride-hailing to Austin and Atlanta (waymo.com)
Get ready, Austin and Atlanta!

Autonomous Vehicles, Partnerships, Transportation, Ride-hailing, Cities

34 points by ra7 177 days ago | 50 comments

Microsoft hosts a security summit but no press, public allowed (theregister.com)
Microsoft will host a security summit next month with CrowdStrike and other "key" endpoint security partners joining the fun — and during which the CrowdStrike-induced outage that borked millions of Windows machines will undoubtedly be a top-line agenda item.

Security, Microsoft, Partnerships, Conferences

101 points by socket-4772 178 days ago | 61 comments

Cloudflare Partners with CrowdStrike (cloudflare.com)
Today, we’re excited to expand our recent Unified Risk Posture announcement with more information on our latest integrations with CrowdStrike.

Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Partnerships

11 points by dikaio 178 days ago | 10 comments