Reflection AI has agreed to buy more than $1 billion worth of computing capacity from Nebius, strengthening its access to the infrastructure needed to develop and operate advanced artificial intelligence models.
Reflection said on Tuesday that the agreement includes access to Nvidia’s latest chips, which have become critical hardware for companies training increasingly complex AI systems.
The Nebius contract follows a separate computing agreement Reflection reached with SpaceX in June. Media reports cited in the original coverage said that arrangement could cost the startup about $150 million a month through 2029.
Together, the agreements show how aggressively Reflection is working to secure computing resources at a time when AI developers are competing for limited data-centre capacity.
AI companies race to secure computing power
Training and running advanced AI models requires large numbers of high-performance chips, along with the data-centre infrastructure needed to operate them.
Demand for that capacity has been rising as more businesses adopt AI tools. At the same time, the construction of new data centres has not kept pace with the industry’s growing requirements, prompting startups to reserve computing resources through large, long-term agreements.
Reflection was founded by two former Google DeepMind researchers. The company develops open-source AI models designed to compete with products offered by OpenAI and Anthropic.
Its focus on open models comes as businesses look for systems that can be adapted to their own requirements and operated at a lower cost than many closed-weight alternatives.
Interest in open-source technology has also grown as companies examine the risks of depending on a small number of providers. Recent US restrictions involving Anthropic’s advanced models highlighted how access to a particular AI service can be disrupted, leaving customers exposed when they rely heavily on a single supplier.
Reflection AI says additional capacity will support frontier models
Ioannis Antonoglou, Reflection’s co-founder and chief technology officer, said the Nebius agreement would help the company continue developing advanced models on a larger scale.
“The need for open models is clear, and this additional compute capacity will allow Reflection to continue to build and train frontier AI models at scale,” Antonoglou said.
The size of the agreement also underlines the financial demands facing AI startups. Beyond research talent and software development, companies building frontier systems must secure access to expensive chips and the facilities required to run them.
For Nebius, the deal brings a major AI developer onto its computing infrastructure. For Reflection, it provides another source of capacity as the company builds its open-model business and seeks to compete in a market dominated by well-funded technology groups.
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