Google: Google Cloud offers Y Combinator startups access to dedicated Nvidia GPU cluster

Google Cloud has announced that it will be offering Y Combinator startups access to a subsidized cluster of Nvidia GPUs and Google's tensor processing units (TPUs) to build artificial intelligence (AI) models. Google will also be offering priority access to the Summer 2024 cohort of startups, as well as $350,000 in cloud credits for AI startups ($200,000 for other types of startups) over two years. 
 

“We want to surround them with a lot of love and warmth early in their life cycle so they get familiarized with building and working on the Google Cloud Platform,” general manager for Google Cloud’s startups and AI business, James Lee told TechCrunch. “As they stick around, we grow as they grow, and we become a partner of theirs throughout their life cycle.”

“There’s a lot of excitement that the next generation of startups will probably not just unicorn, but decacorn, and they’re getting built as we speak,” said Diana Hu of Y Combinator. “Cloud providers are still catching up in terms of how to price them, but they do know if you catch them early on, you’re going to ride the wave with them.”