Google Wants to Put Your AI in Space

Nov 06, 2025

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Welcome back to 4IR. Here’s today’s lineup:

Google wants to put your AI in space—literally - Project Suncatcher plans solar-powered satellites with TPU chips orbiting Earth, because apparently terrestrial data centers aren’t ambitious enough anymore
OpenAI drops Microsoft for $38B with AWS, Amazon stock hits record - ChatGPT maker signs 7-year megadeal with Amazon’s cloud, proving you can have more than one infrastructure sugar daddy
NVIDIA’s CEO says China will win the AI race, blames US regulations - Jensen Huang tells Financial Times that cheaper energy and fewer rules give China the edge, while his company still can’t sell chips there
Most companies using AI still can’t prove it works, McKinsey study finds - New report shows only 39% see bottom-line impact despite all the hype, but the 6% who are doing it right are crushing it

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