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Google in Talks With Blackstone, KKR to Distribute AI Models
Google is cutting deals with the biggest PE firms on Earth. Here's what that means for AI distribution.
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Google is pursuing a B2B distribution strategy through major private equity firms to embed its AI models across thousands of portfolio companies—a significant shift in how enterprise AI access is being monetized and bundled at scale.
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5 to knowGoogle (Alphabet) in talks with Blackstone, KKR, and EQT
Discussions focus on giving PE portfolio companies access to Google AI models
Follows similar moves by Anthropic and OpenAI to establish separate distribution entities
Published May 6, 2026
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Publisher excerpt: Private equity firms Blackstone, KKR and EQT are in talks with Alphabet to get their portfolio companies access to Google’s AI models, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The discussions follow the establishment of two separate companies set up by Anthropic and OpenAI and ...