Google and Blackstone are forming a dedicated AI cloud venture to expand Google’s Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) business. The partnership will combine Google’s custom AI accelerators with Blackstone’s data center infrastructure to offer high-performance machine learning compute services to enterprise clients.

On the eve of its annual I/O developer conference, Google previewed its Gemini Robotics platform. The tease indicates forthcoming autonomous robotics hardware and software built around Google’s Gemini AI models, marking the company’s push into the emerging robotics market.