Key Takeaways
- Nvidia's latest and most capable artificial intelligence (AI) system, Blackwell, will be available to Google's cloud customers in early 2025, the companies said ahead of the Google Cloud Next conference keynote Tuesday.
- The Blackwell platform is coming to Google Cloud in two variations, the HGX B200 and the the GB200 NVL72.
- Nvidia said the HGX B200 is designed for "the most demanding AI," data analytics, and high-performance computing workloads, while the GB200 NVL72 is designed for "next-frontier, massive-scale" model trading and real-time inferencing.
- The companies also announced a collaborative initiative to support startups working to create AI tools and services.
Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google announced that Blackwell, Nvidia's (NVDA) latest and most capable 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:artificial intelligence (AI) tech, will be available to cloud customers in early 2025, ahead of the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Google Cloud Next keynote on Tuesday.
The Blackwell platform is coming to Google Cloud in two variations, the HGX B200 and the GB200 NVL72. Nvidia said the HGX B200 is designed for "the most demanding AI," data analytics, and high-performance computing workloads, while the GB200 NVL72 is designed for "next-frontier, massive-scale" model trading and real-time inferencing.
Nvidia unveiled the Blackwell platform, the latest version of its AI-powering tech in March, with 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:analysts calling it the "most ambitious project in Silicon Valley." The chipmaker, which has 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:established itself as an early leader of the AI boom, had named Amazon (AMZN) and Microsoft (MSFT) alongside Google as partners se💎t to use the new hardware.
Google also announced an initiative to help startups accelerate the creation of 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:generative AI (genAI) applications and services in collaboration with Nvidia. The tw𓆉o companies teamed up to offer some members of Nvidia Inceptꦫion, the chipmaker's startup program, up to $350,000 of Google Cloud credits for startups focusing on AI.
Shares of Google parent Alphabet 🐻were up 0.8% at $156.20 as of 11:15 a.m. ET Tuesday and have gained close to 13% year to date. While Nvidia sharꦑes were down 3% at $843.68 in early trading Tuesday, they have surged 75% since the start of the year.