Reflection and Nebius: $1B for compute in the open-weight AI race

Sharing a noteworthy AI update from Hacker News: Reflection AI has signed a $1 billion compute contract with Nebius.

Nebius, formerly the international business of Yandex, will give Reflection access to Nvidia’s latest chips.

This is the startup’s second major deal in just a few weeks; it previously announced a similar agreement with SpaceX.

Amid debates over closed models and rising interest in open source, companies are competing ever more aggressively for compute to train and deploy AI.

Why it matters: access to compute is becoming as critical as the model itself.

How do you see this compute race?