AI Startup Mirendil Inks $100M+ Google Cloud Deal for Self-Improving AI
RebeccaBellan · x · 2026-08-06
AI lab Mirendil has signed a multi-year, $100M+ partnership with Google Cloud to source compute capacity for its self-improving AI research, TechCrunch exclusively reports.
- Context: The deal amount represents roughly half of the seed funding Mirendil raised at a $1 billion valuation in late June.
- Infrastructure: The agreement grants Mirendil access to Google's TPUs, Nvidia GPUs, and managed training clusters.
- Goal: Mirendil aims to develop recursive self-improvement AI systems, with the ultimate goal of having AI perform the work of an entire frontier AI lab.
Related event: Mirendil Secures Over $100M in Google Cloud Compute(3 posts)→
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