Google’s Gemini 3 Flexes Hard, Microsoft & Nvidia Team Up with Anthropic

👋 Morning, Reader!

Google just dropped its biggest AI flex yet. Microsoft and Nvidia are shaking hands with their (former) rivals. And somewhere, Sam Altman is probably double-tapping a meme about “healthy competition.”

Let’s dive in — it’s a big day for the AI giants. 💪💻

🏆 Google’s Gemini 3 Tops the Leaderboards

The king is (temporarily) dethroned — Google’s back on top.

Google’s new Gemini 3 is officially here — and it’s breaking benchmarks left and right. The model, touted as a “new era of intelligence,” takes the #1 spot across nearly every major reasoning leaderboard, finally overtaking OpenAI’s GPT-5.

Here’s what’s new:

• Gemini 3 and its partner model Deep Think crushed benchmarks like Humanity’s Last Exam and ARC-AGI-2.

• It also leads in science, math, multimodal reasoning, and tool use — though it’s still a step behind Claude Sonnet 4.5 in pure coding.

• The model’s biggest flex? It can design interactive UIs and visual layouts on the fly.

• Alongside the launch, Google unveiled Antigravity, a free agent-first development platform with browser control, asynchronous workflows, and multi-agent orchestration.

Why it matters:
For the first time in a long while, it feels like Google’s back in the driver’s seat. Gemini 3 isn’t just a model — it’s the foundation for a whole agentic ecosystem. With its reach across Search, Workspace, YouTube, and Android, Google’s got the most powerful distribution channel in the game.

🎯 Your move, OpenAI.

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🤝 Microsoft + Nvidia + Anthropic = $15B AI Alliance

When your competitors become your co-investors.

In one of the biggest AI power partnerships yet, Microsoft and Nvidia are teaming up with Anthropic, with combined investments hitting a whopping $15 billion.

The breakdown:

• Nvidia is investing $10B, Microsoft $5B, putting Anthropic’s valuation at nearly $350B.

• Anthropic is pledging $30B in Azure cloud commitments and 1 gigawatt of compute capacity.

• The companies will co-develop new AI chips optimized for Claude — a major move that could ease the global GPU shortage.

• Claude will now be available on Azure AI Foundry, making it the only frontier model accessible on all three major clouds.

• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said it’s time to move beyond “winner-take-all” narratives, promoting a “positive-sum AI future.”

Why it matters:
This isn’t just a partnership — it’s a truce. Nvidia and Anthropic had been taking subtle jabs at each other all summer, and Microsoft was technically backing a competitor. Now? Everyone’s cashing in.

💸 AI’s new business model: compete, collaborate, repeat.

🗞️ Other News

💼 Microsoft launches Agent 365, a full-stack platform for managing and securing AI agents — complete with analytics, monitoring, and registry systems.

💰 Lambda raises $1.5B, fresh off a deal with Microsoft to deploy tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs across new AI datacenters.

💬 Sundar Pichai warns of “irrationality” in the AI boom, saying no company — “including us” — will be immune if the bubble bursts. (We see you, Sundar 👀)

🎨 Replit unveils “Design”, a new AI-powered UI builder that creates sleek website layouts using Gemini 3 under the hood.

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💡What else are we reading and seeing?

• Making things true

• Robotaxis and Suburbia

• Gemini 3 Developer Guide

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• Meta's Victory Opens the Way for Silicon Valley to Go Deal Shopping

• Most companies will slow entry-level hiring because of AI, survey says

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⚡️ The Takeaway

AI’s not slowing down — it’s consolidating.
The same giants that spent years battling for dominance are now joining forces, while Google quietly reclaims the top of the leaderboard.

The next phase of the AI race won’t be about who has the smartest model…
It’s about who owns the ecosystem. 🌎💥

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