Bingo. They see this as the future commodity it will be. Customers will choose AI providers much way they choose a car: taste, price, a few other factors.
replyAnd to your point, Google has a massive balance sheet, produces their own AI chips, and is not going anywhere anytime soon.
People are not even going to choose their AI providers in the future, it's going to be a part of some other product.
replyI could totally see that
replyGoogle was the right choice stability and it only cost Apple $1 billion per year that’s pretty much of a no-brainer, and with Apple’s history, they probably will use Gemini for as long as they need it and then use their own model in time.
replyAnd Apple already has a $20B search partnership with Google they can build on.
replyfair and square, indeed
replyI’ll just put this link here: https://killedbygoogle.com/
replyI am familiar what Google has killed before, but a contract with Apple is not something they'll throw out of the window for no reasons.
replyI may be jaded, but I do not trust Google for product offering stability. Obviously, Apple is a way bigger fish.
replyIt's not a popular opinion on HN but Google is actually super stable from a B2B perspective. Even app engine (2008) is still kicking.
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