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Ryan Barwick

@Ryanbarwick

Covering Google for @theinformation. Signal and DMs always open.

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Joined May 2017
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First Scoop: OpenAI is buying Google's AI chips. It's a big win for Google’s TPU chip business, which is a growing challenger to Nvidia. Also follows Oracle, which today said it would buy and rent out TPUs to customers. Talk to Barwick, folks! theinformation.com/articles/…
OpenAI, a Longtime Nvidia Customer, Plans to Buy Google’s AI Chips

OpenAI, a Longtime Nvidia Customer, Plans to Buy Google’s AI Chips

OpenAI plans to buy Google’s AI chips, according to a person familiar with the matter, in a boost for a rising competitor to OpenAI backer Nvidia. Financial terms and other details of OpenAI’s...

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DEJAN
@dejanseoOct 29
Anthropic: We have the best model. Google:
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New: Google's got a new model, Carbon, which the company says is significantly more capable than the model it released less than a month ago. theinformation.com/briefings…
Google Launches Gemini 4 Carbon, Its Second Major AI Model in a Month

Google Launches Gemini 4 Carbon, Its Second Major AI Model in a Month

Google unveiled Gemini 4 Carbon, which it said is significantly more capable than the model it released less than a month ago, as the company steps up efforts to contend with the leading frontier...

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Jukan
@jukan05Oct 28
OPENAI PLANS TO USE GOOGLE’S TPUS — THE INFORMATION.
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Amir Efrati
@amirOct 28
Boom: OpenAI to buy TPUs. Big deal for Google (and Nvidia!)
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Talk to Barwick, folks!
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Per filing (and previous reporting...) Anthropic is committed to spending... $114.5b on Google Cloud (or as much as $150b!) $110b on AWS. $44.9b on Azure
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Amir Efrati
@amirOct 24
the OpenAI discounting is ~serious~ and is have an impact
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Clash Report
@clashreportOct 21
Trump: I called Google Maps to change the name of the Atlantic Ocean to Trump Ocean. Sundar said, “No, no, no. This time I'm not doing it.” He said, “Oceans are different, sir. They cover a lot of countries. Please don't ask us to do that.” So we'll probably pass. Let's keep it the Atlantic Ocean.
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Google's and Voltus' energy "won’t come from new power plants. Instead, Voltus will "will sign up homes and businesses and give them financial incentives to curb their usage." nytimes.com/2026/10/22/clima…
To Make Way for Data Centers, Google Will Pay Others to Use Less Power

To Make Way for Data Centers, Google Will Pay Others to Use Less Power

The tech giant is funding one of the nation’s largest “virtual power plants,” which would pay homes and businesses to adjust their energy use when grids are strained.

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Google will no longer require local officials to sign NDAs when it wants to build data centers. Decision follows Microsoft and Amazon in stopping the practice activists say isn’t transparent. theinformation.com/briefings…
Google Stops Using Nondisclosure Agreements for Data Centers

Google Stops Using Nondisclosure Agreements for Data Centers

Google will no longer require local officials to sign nondisclosure agreements when it looks to build data centers, joining Amazon and Microsoft in stopping a practice that activists decried as...

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We’re so back
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76ers have 4 back up centers and they are all injured.
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If you were working on Spark, holler. Also on Signal
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@killedbygoogleOct 19
Goodbye Spark 😭
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Goodbye Spark 😭
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Max Tani@maxwelltaniOct 15
CNN is partnering with Google on AI, though it’s kind of unclear what the deal actually entails
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A bit lost in all the Gemini 4 Argon news, @joshwoodward saying that Google's personal agent is coming. "We hear you loud and clear...Just one prompt box, you tell it what you want and it just does stuff for you..there's a lot of stuff we're playing with that will be out soon."
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around 25 minute mark youtube.com/watch?v=3I6QYkcc…
Why every company now needs to think and operate like a lab team |...

Why every company now needs to think and operate like a lab team |...

Josh Woodward is the head of Google Labs, the Gemini app, and AI St...

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Signal inbox already flooded !
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Ryan Barwick (@Ryanbarwick) profile pictureRyan Barwick@RyanbarwickOct 13
Some personal news: I've joined @theinformation to cover Google. I'll be covering everything from Gemini to Search, from Cloud to Waymo. As always, I'm on Signal at 302-519-0567 and at [email protected]. Talk to Barwick folks!
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Sundar Pichai
@sundarpichaiOct 13
Gemini 4 Argon is here. It’s available globally today for developers and enterprises in the paid tier of the Gemini API and the Gemini platform, for Ultra subscribers in Google Antigravity, and Ultra and Pro subscribers in the Gemini app and Search. Hope you all enjoy it!
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Some personal news: I've joined @theinformation to cover Google. I'll be covering everything from Gemini to Search, from Cloud to Waymo. As always, I'm on Signal at 302-519-0567 and at [email protected]. Talk to Barwick folks!
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