SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open-source AI lab

Reflection AI has signed a $6.3 billion deal with SpaceX to access Nvidia AI chips at the Colossus 2 data center. This agreement marks a significant investment in open-source AI infrastructure to compete with closed-model labs.
Why it matters
The deal highlights the massive capital requirements for AI compute and the growing strategic importance of open-source AI models in the industry.
First came Anthropic , then Google . Now, open-source AI startup Reflection is tapping SpaceX for its abundant source of AI chips.
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