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devops000today at 12:23 PM5 repliesview on HN

“If we fail to deliver access to the committed amount of GPUs by September 30, 2026, then following a one-month grace period, Google may immediately terminate the agreement or accept the number of GPUs provided, with a corresponding pro rata reduction in the monthly fees. After December 31, 2026, the agreement may be terminated by either party upon 90 days' notice.”

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026...

It’s only to boost the IPO price. The agreement will last only a few months on paper. I doubt it is a real transaction.


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fauigerzigerktoday at 12:30 PM

Either that or SpaceX is permanently turning xAI's assets into a neocloud because xAI itself has no traction.

The whole thing looks rather desperate. I wonder what SpaceX's margins are on these contracts.

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ta988today at 12:25 PM

Didn't Anthropic pull the same in both ways? you pull me up I pull you up kind of deal? Sounds like SpaceX bought themselves some time up to Q4, which is not the case of Anthropic and even worse for OpenAI. Not counting that none of them got their S&P500 fast-track ticket.

merlindrutoday at 12:27 PM

why would Google help a competitor like that, though?

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Mistletoetoday at 12:35 PM

Feels like these IPOs are thankfully the top coming before the AI crash and we get back to the real world.

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Rover222today at 2:32 PM

Everything is a conspiracy now.

Of course this is a real deal. Compute is the most valuable resource in the world for these companies at the moment.