Google Shifts AI Power to California in Race Against Anthropic, OpenAI
THE SO WHAT
Centralizing AI leadership in Mountain View is a bet that tighter physical co-location will speed decision-making and model iteration in a crowded frontier race. For partners and customers, expect faster, more opinionated product integration decisions—and potentially less regional autonomy in AI roadmaps.
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