Broadcom designs TPUs for Google Cloud, while Anthropic relies on custom chips from Broadcom and leases the Colossus supercomputer from SpaceX.

The entities involved

• Broadcom →

  American semiconductor manufacturer

  • Broadcom secures multi-year AI compute agreements with Meta and OpenAI, while also assisting Google with advanced chip designs.Mon 15:40
  • Nvidia, Broadcom, Marvell Technology, AMD, and Qualcomm are currently competing in the high-stakes AI chip market.Mon 15:32
• Google →

  American multinational technology company, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.

  • Google referrals for publishers declined by 36%, according to Chartbeat data.Mon 17:38
  • A global center for quantum research is located in Goleta.Mon 16:53
• Anthropic →

  American artificial intelligence corporation

  • The European Commission aims to strengthen homegrown AI capabilities while global advanced models face usage restrictions.Mon 17:49
  • An administration order issued by the Trump administration on January 1, 2026, cited national security concerns regarding Anthropic.Mon 17:49

Related events

• Broadcom supplies custom AI chips to Google, while MediaTek is eyed as a potential second design partner for Alphabet.Aug 4
• Marvell, Broadcom, and Google are expanding their partnership for custom AI chip development and infrastructure.Aug 31
• Broadcom signed agreements to supply TPUs and AI networking to Google and OpenAI, benefiting from the robust AI data center build-out cycle.Jun 23
• Google will co-design the next generation of its TPU chip (TPUv9) with MediaTek, while acknowledging that Broadcom's market share of Google's silicon will slide.Jul 8
• Broadcom and Nvidia are major competitors in the custom AI chip market, with Google utilizing custom chips co-designed with Broadcom.Jun 17