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Reflection's stated goal is an \"AI factory\" product that lets institutions combine Reflection models with their own data and compute. A Reflection spokesperson declined to comment. Cap: anonymous-source scoop; no model name, size, benchmarks, or release date confirmed."},{"label":"SpaceX Colossus 2 GB300 compute: $150M/month, up to ~$6.3B (reported, Jun 2026)","value":"Reported ([reported](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/22/spacex-ai-colossus-data-center-reflection.html); also [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/spacex-inks-compute-deal-with-reflection-ai-an-open-source-ai-lab/)): Reflection agreed to pay SpaceX $150 million per month from Jul 1 2026 through 2029 for immediate access to Nvidia GB300s at SpaceX's Colossus 2 data center near Memphis, about $6.3B if it runs the full term; either side can end it with 90 days' notice after the first three months (CNBC citing materials viewed; TechCrunch citing the company). Reflection called it its first compute deal. Cap: contract terms via press; no filed contract in this ingest."},{"label":"Nebius compute contract over $1B (reported, Jul 2026)","value":"Reported ([reported](https://www.reuters.com/business/ai-startup-reflection-signs-over-1-billion-computing-deal-with-nebius-2026-07-14/); also [DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ai-startup-reflection-signs-1bn-capacity-agreement-with-nebius/)): Reflection disclosed on Jul 14 2026 a [Nebius](/companies/nebius) cloud-capacity contract valued at more than $1 billion for Nvidia GPUs, per Reuters; CTO and co-founder Ioannis Antonoglou said the capacity lets Reflection keep building and training frontier models at scale. DCD says contract duration and GPU count were not provided. Cap: secondary reporting of a company disclosure."},{"label":"Shinsegae ~250 MW South Korea data-center project (reported)","value":"Reported ([reported](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ai-startup-reflection-signs-1bn-capacity-agreement-with-nebius/); also [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2026/10/04/reflection-open-weight-ai)): DCD (Jul 15 2026) says Reflection is working with Shinsegae Group on a 250 MW data-center project in South Korea; Axios describes it as a sovereign AI factory partnership. Cap: secondary; no site, timeline, or capex confirmed here."},{"label":"Founders, backing, and valuation context (reported)","value":"Reported ([reported](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ai-startup-reflection-signs-1bn-capacity-agreement-with-nebius/); also [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/spacex-inks-compute-deal-with-reflection-ai-an-open-source-ai-lab/); [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/22/spacex-ai-colossus-data-center-reflection.html)): founded in 2024 by former Google DeepMind researchers Misha Laskin (CEO) and Ioannis Antonoglou (CTO). Nvidia-backed; DCD says it raised $2B in October 2025 (a raise amount, not a valuation), and CNBC (Jun 2026) describes it as last valued at $25 billion. 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