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Partnerships & JVs
Every S&P 500 company that raised Partnerships & JVs in its filings, earnings calls, press releases or news coverage over the last 7 days — grouped by the canonical driver, so the same subject lines up across companies whatever each called it.
17 companies · 34 events · 6 positive · 1 negative · 10 no estimate (counted in companies, so the parts add up)
Companies raising Partnerships & JVs
- INTC — AI Infrastructure PartnershipImportance 89 · Surprise 82INTEL CORP · News · 2026-08-15 · 2 eventsNvidia disclosed that it held approximately $30 billion of Intel shares as of June 30, up from $9.5 billion three months earlier. The position reportedly stems from a 2025 agreement between Nvidia and Intel to…
- PLTR — Partner Ecosystem ExpansionImportance 64 · Surprise 42Palantir Technologies Inc. · News · 2026-08-17 · 4 eventsJacobs Solutions received backing from an ad hoc committee to become the next wastewater operator for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD). Jacobs pledged to terminate its partnership with Palantir if…
- LLY — VivoSim Collaboration MilestoneImportance 53 · Surprise 82ELI LILLY & Co · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 eventsVivoSim Labs reported that Lilly made a $5 million payment connected with their collaboration involving human-based tissue models and AI-enabled toxicity testing. VivoSim is commercializing its NAMkind products in…
- NVDA — OpenAI Infrastructure PartnershipImportance 37 · Surprise 42NVIDIA CORP · 8-K · 2026-08-17 · 3 eventsOpenAI will be the customer for the PORTS-Pike campus under a 20-year lease with SB Energy, which will build, own and operate the data center. The initial deployment is designed to support 4.25 IT-GW of AI factory…
- UBER — Autonomous Fleet PartnershipsImportance 34 · Surprise 42Uber Technologies, Inc · News · 2026-08-17 · 5 eventsUber and Pony AI expanded their robotaxi partnership to deploy more than 2,000 Pony AI autonomous vehicles across Europe and planned markets in the Middle East. The expansion extends beyond Zagreb to four additional…
- GILD — Licensing / Collaboration DealsImportance 34 · Surprise 42GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. · News · 2026-08-16 · 2 eventsGilead paid MacroGenics a $10 million milestone after exercising an option to license a preclinical bispecific program. The transaction expands Gilead’s oncology pipeline through the companies’ 2022 collaboration and…
- WMT — Payment Partnerships and IntegrationImportance 31 · Surprise 42Walmart Inc. · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 eventsSynchrony Financial is working with OpenAI to enable shoppers to use Amazon, Walmart, and Lowe's store cards within ChatGPT shopping experiences. General-purpose card integration is expected within six to twelve…
- VRTX — Licensing / Collaboration DealsImportance 31 · Surprise 42VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 eventsVertex entered a new collaboration with AbCellera, according to third-party reporting dated August 17, 2026. The collaboration is intended to expand AbCellera’s clinical pipeline and diversify revenue beyond its lead…
- MSFT — Partner Ecosystem IntegrationsImportance 31 · Surprise 42MICROSOFT CORP · News · 2026-08-17 · 2 eventsAudioCodes’ Voca Conversational Interaction Center received certification under Microsoft’s Teams Voice Agent Certification Program. The integration enables AI voice agents to manage calls, authenticate users, and…
- GOOGL — Google Cloud Partnership ExpansionImportance 31 · Surprise 42Alphabet Inc. · News · 2026-08-17FactSet was reported to be integrating Google's Gemini AI models into financial research workflows through a Google Cloud partnership. The collaboration was associated with client expansions and positioning FactSet as…
- FI — Embedded Banking PartnershipImportance 31 · Surprise 42FI · News · 2026-08-17Fiserv entered a strategic core banking relationship with Flagstar Bank, one of the largest regional banks in the United States. Flagstar selected Fiserv’s Finxact, a modern cloud-native core banking platform, as the…
- ETN — AI Data Center PartnershipImportance 31 · Surprise 42Eaton Corp plc · News · 2026-08-17On August 17, 2026, Eaton and Trane Technologies announced a strategic collaboration to integrate thermal-management and electrical-system architectures for AI data centers. The companies are introducing a reference…
- ABT — Partner Ecosystem ExpansionImportance 31 · Surprise 42ABBOTT LABORATORIES · News · 2026-08-17 · 3 eventsAbbott and the National Association of Community Health Centers launched a multi-year Food for Health initiative in the United States to integrate nutrition services into primary care. The program will provide…
- SPGI — AI Data Licensing DealImportance 31 · Surprise 42S&P Global Inc. · News · 2026-08-16S&P Global expanded its collaboration with Microsoft to integrate AI-ready data, insights, and analytics into Microsoft 365 Copilot workflows. The initiative is intended to increase the use of S&P Global’s research and…
- AMZN — AWS Partner Ecosystem ExpansionImportance 31 · Surprise 42AMAZON COM INC · News · 2026-08-15Teradata launched its Data Analyst Agent on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace. The offering targets AI-enabled analytics users seeking to deploy Teradata’s data-analysis capabilities through AWS. The marketplace…
- PANW — Partner Ecosystem ExpansionImportance 31 · Surprise 42Palo Alto Networks Inc · News · 2026-08-14Palo Alto Networks is launching its Commercial Velocity Program to target midmarket and small-business customers through channel partners. The program will provide new financial incentives and increased rewards for…
- GOOG — AI Data Licensing DealImportance 29 · Surprise 42Alphabet Inc. · News · 2026-08-17Google agreed to acquire internal business data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines for $10 million. The data excludes customer records and will be anonymized, according to the reporting. Google plans to use the dataset for…