Google gets a partner whose software layer helps customers extract more from its chips, plus a foothold in recursive self-improving AI. Mirendil, an AI lab founded by former Anthropic researchers, has signed a multi-year Google Cloud deal worth more than $100 million. Mirendil, an AI lab founded by former Anthropic researchers, has agreed to a multi-year Google Cloud partnership worth more than $100 million. Its CEO, Behnam Neyshabur, confirmed the partnership and stated that it was to secure the compute behind its self-improving AI. What Google gets in return is a strategic partner that is building frontier recursive self-improving AI, and this is a technology it can later market to enterprise buyers.