Google in Talks with Blackstone, KKR, EQT for Omnibus Gemini AI Licensing as OpenAI and Anthropic Build Consulting Ventures

Google in talks with Blackstone, KKR, EQT for omnibus Gemini AI licensing as OpenAI and Anthropic build consulting ventures

Alphabet negotiates omnibus Gemini licensing with Blackstone, KKR, and EQT. A different model from OpenAI's $10B and Anthropic's $1.5B embedded-engineer ventures.

Google in AI talks with Blackstone, KKR as PE race heats up

Sundar Pichai is not waiting for OpenAI and Anthropic to carve up the private equity market. Google is moving to get there at the same time.Alphabet is in discussions with Blackstone, KKR and European private equity firm EQT to give the companies they own access to Google's artificial intelligence models, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified as the talks are confidential. The discussions are not exclusive a…

Blackstone, KKR in talks with Google to bring AI models to portfolio firms

Some firms have considered deals with more than one AI firm