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Special Edition Google Cloud Next

Google Cloud is gaining momentum thanks to AI, Thomas Kurian, his CEO, assumes the change of strength

Long relegated behind AWS and Azure, Google Cloud wants to establish itself as a central player, with an assumed IA strategy. His CEO, Thomas Kuriansays that the massive arrival of customers – startups and large groups – is due as much to the quality of its models (Gemini, Veo, Imagen) as at the opening of its platform, which integrates more 200 third -party modelsfrom Llama to Deepseek. Unlike its competitors, Google relies on a Open architectureof the Owners optimized for inferenceand native integration with Deepmindto offer IA solutions deployable at all levels: infrastructure, models, or package agents (cybersecurity, retail, customer support). Faced with Nvidia or Microsoft, Kurian insists: the real cost to master is not so much that of training as that of inference -And on this point, Google says he is “ultra-competitive”.

Google wants to reinvent the creation of apps with Firebase Studio, its all-in-one IA platform

Google strikes hard by revealing Firebase Studioa new development platform piloted by generative AI, capable of creating web and mobile applications in a few minutes, directly from a browser. Presented yesterday this environment associates Gemini, specialized agents, and tools like Genkit or Project IDX. The whole thing is for both developers and novices. More than 60 templates are available, and an agent can generate interface, business logic, APIS and Flows IA from simple prompt or mockups. Already nicknamed “the Google V0” or “folds doped with steroids”, Firebase Studio could shake up the rapid Dev Universe, by drastically simplifying the prototyping, deployment, test and monitoring workflows.

Google wants to impose its standard to make the IA agents speak between them

With the launch of the protocol Agent2AGENT (A2A)Google wants to standardize the interoperability of autonomous agents in the company. Supported by more than 50 technological partners, A2A allows agents, even from competing suppliers, to collaborate, exchange data and perform complex tasks through software silos. This open standard, built on existing protocols (HTTP, JSON-RPC), intends to create a unified ecosystem of intelligent agents, capable of automating long-scale trades workflows. If Google manages to impose A2A, it will not only hold models, but also the universal grammar of IA agents.

Google unveils Ironwood, its IA chip dedicated to inference

Google muscle its arsenal in the race for AC accelerators with AI with Ironwoodhis very last 7th generation TPU optimized for inference. This chip aims to execute the large -scale AI models, with an announced power of 4,614 Tflops And 192 GB of RAM per chipfor a flow of 7.4 TBPS. Ironwood will be deployed in clusters of 256 or 9,216 chips, integrated into the infrastructure I have hypercomplely from Google Cloud. With its new sparsecore architecture dedicated to recommendation workloads, Google seeks to reduce latency, limit data movements and gain energy efficiency.

Google transforms Workspace into an Automation engine controlled by the AI

Google has also lifted the veil on Flows Workspacea new tool that automates complex processes thanks to generative AI. Fueled by GemsPersonalized versions of Gemini, Flows can analyze a form, search for solutions, write an answer and coordinate its shipment – without a line of code. Google wants to go beyond the occasional AI assistants to orchestrate whole action channels. In parallel, Docs, Sheets, Meet, Chat and Vids integrate new agents: assisted writing, audio synthesis, data analysis assistance, meeting advisor, or generation of videos via Veo 2.

OPENAI declares war on the obsolete benchmarks of AI

Openai no longer wants to let AI models be judged on absurd or manipulable tests. With sound Pioneers Programthe startup intends to reshuffle the evaluation cards by creating sectoral benchmarks – finance, health, law – designed to measure the real impact of the AI ​​on the ground. No more doctoral equations resolutions: Place with high -value use cases. In partnership with a handful of startups, Openai will develop business tests and tailor -made adjustments via the Fine tuning reinforcement. But one question remains: will the community accept that the referee is also a player?

Nvidia saves her chips H20 in extremis, the White House suspends restrictions

While the Trump administration was about to ban the export of the H20 fleas to China, a surprise turnaround has suspended this decision after a million dollars dinner the plate in Mar-A-Lago. According to NPR, Nvidia would have promised new investments in the American data centers To get this stay. The H20 chip, authorized because it was restrained to respect the export rules, nevertheless remains significantly superior to current Chinese chipsand feeds models like that of Deepseekwho recently marked the spirits. Beijing has also anticipated hardening: Chinese companies would have bought for $ 16 billion in H20 in the first quarter. For some American elected officials, this decline represents a strategic flaw.

Capgemini and Isai relaunch their VC duo with a € 80 million fund for B2B scale-ups

Capgemini and Isai announce the launch ofIsai Cap Venture IIa fund of 80 million euros dedicated to B2B startups in series A phase A in Growth. After a first fund in 2019, this second vehicle aims to intensify business synergies between technological scale-ups and the Capgemini group. Among the emblematic investments of the first vintage: Alation,, Zelros,, Copado or Pasqal in the quantum. The proven CVC model combines minority investment (€ 1 to 5 million) and structured commercial co-development. Already high of € 240 million in Corporate venture capital, Isai thus consolidates his position as a reference player in strategic startups-corporate collaborations.

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Portnox lifts $ 37.5 million to democratize Zero-Trust security in the cloud

The Startup Portnox, specialist in network access control in cloud-native mode, has just raised $ 37.5 million in series B. This operation carried out by Updata Partners, with the participation of Elsewhere Partners, aims to accelerate product innovation and strengthen the global distribution of its Zero-Trust platform. Portnox offers an integrated suite – NAC, Radius, Tacacs+ and conditional access – allowing companies to secure their networks and applications without on -site infrastructure. This round has $ 59.5 million the total raised by the company.

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Paris-Saclay Spring 2025-The event around innovation in France returns on May 20

Paris-Saclay Spring will bring together on the campus of the Polytechnic Institute in Paris in Palaiseau, the key players in innovation in the Paris-Saclay territory, the first Deeptech cluster in Europe.

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