Google Cloud boss Thomas Kurian has a message for Microsoft and Amazon, ‘Our two new chips are going to…’ – The Times of India

Google Cloud boss Thomas Kurian has a message for Microsoft and Amazon, ‘Our two new chips are going to…’ – The Times of India

By TOI Tech Desk
Publication Date: 2026-05-02 03:27:00

Google Cloud is making a strong bid for market share against rivals Microsoft and Amazon. The company has launched new TPU chips, the TPU 8t and TPU 8i. Google Cloud’s head, Thomas Kurian, highlighted the company’s full-stack approach. This strategy involves building its own chips, data centers, and AI models.

Google launched TPU 8t and TPU 8i at the recently held Google Cloud Next event and Thomas Kurian, the head of Google Cloud, has a strong message for Microsoft and Amazon: the company is coming for your share with its new chips and along with rapid advances at its DeepMind AI lab. He said that Google is no longer just a “reseller” of other people’s technology in the fiercely competitive cloud computing market.“We’re not just a hyperscaler reselling other people’s technology. Our differentiation comes down to the fact that we own the IP, the model and the chips are ours. For every dollar of revenue, we’re not shipping 80% of it to either a model or chip provider,…