Reflection signs $1 billion computing deal with Nebius

Reflection AI, an American startup competing to develop Open formssigned a $1 billion computing deal with European AI infrastructure company Nebius.

i won’twhich was previously the international arm of Russian tech giant Yandex, will provide access to Reflection for Nvidia’s latest chipsets. The deal comes just weeks after the startup was signed A similar deal for SpaceX access Computing Resources, reflects the many partnerships between AI companies as they race to secure compute for training and deploying their models.

Along with its increasingly capable Chinese counterparts, Reflection is one of several developers of open-source AI models that have received significant attention recently as debate rages over the value of top-shelf closed-source AI models – especially with Data retention concerns escalation, as well as government intervention.

Just last month, the Trump administration applied pressure Anthropic and OpenAI to restrict its most powerful new models, raising concerns about their accessibility AI models can be retired overnight. This, combined with the launch of more capable open models from China, has increased mainstream interest in open source AI.

Reflection, currently valued at $8 billion, was founded in 2024 by former Google DeepMind researchers. It has already raised nearly $2.6 billion in funding from backers including Nvidia, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Shortly after securing A $2 billion investment from NvidiaNebius signed a five-year infrastructure deal With dead With a value of up to $27 billion. Last year, Nebius signed a multi-year deal with Microsoft worth up to $19.4 billion.

TechCrunch has reached out to Reflection and Nebius for more information.