On Thursday, Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud and Intel Corp. expanded their long-running strategic partnership, deepening the integration of artificial intelligence across Intel’s engineering, business and chip design operations. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai wrote on X, “Great to see @Intel using Gemini Enterprise across its business, including to speed up the development of next-gen semiconductors!” Under the expanded agreement, Intel will deploy Gemini Enterprise as a centralized AI platform for employees, enabling teams to build and use AI agents for coding, engineering automation and other business workflows. Intel is also expanding its use of Google Cloud’s C4 and N4 cloud instances to supplement its on-premises computing capacity. Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said the companies are “expanding our strategic partnership with @Intel to accelerate their enterprise-wide digital transformation using Gemini Enterprise and @GoogleCloud.” Alphabet’s Class A shares closed Thursday down 4.44% at $354.46, while Class C shares fell 4.43% to $353.81.