Google has added two systems to its eighth-generation TPU lineup: the TPU 8tx and TPU 8i Max, aimed at companies running AI agents. It's the first time it has launched four TPU systems in one year.
The 8i Max handles very long inputs and offers the most compute per rack, while the 8tx suits sensitive work that needs confidential processing.
Google says its TPUs now serve close to 100 outside clients, from trading firms to universities. Its AlphaChip and Gemini models are used to produce chip layouts in hours rather than weeks.
Sachin Tendulkar has taken a non-controlling stake in Recykal, the Indian waste management technology firm.
His investment extends the $23 million round Recykal closed in June. The company will use the money to strengthen its tech platform, expand its Deposit Return System for packaging waste, and grow internationally.
Recykal's goal is to change the habits of a billion people, and Tendulkar said he was drawn in by how technology tackled a daily problem.
SpaceX plans to invest more than $74 billion across two AI supercomputing campuses, one in Texas and one in Arizona.
The Texas facility at Starbase, estimated at over $24 billion, will sit on about 444 acres near Brownsville and generate its own power off the public grid. The project has already created over 3,000 construction jobs.
The roughly $50 billion Arizona campus in Cochise County could scale up to 6 gigawatts, though it still needs county approvals. The Starbase city commission will weigh a property tax break for the Texas project on December 9.
