# Google partners with SandboxAQ to offer specialist AI models via cloud > Source: > Published: 2026-06-29 10:15:31+00:00 # Google partners with SandboxAQ to offer specialist AI models via cloud Google Cloud becomes the preferred infrastructure partner for SandboxAQ's quantum-inspired models targeting drug discovery, materials science, and cybersecurity. Google Cloud has struck a strategic partnership with SandboxAQ, the AI and quantum technology firm that spun out of Alphabet back in March 2022, to distribute SandboxAQ’s specialist AI models through Google Cloud’s infrastructure and marketplace. The deal, announced on January 21, 2025, designates Google Cloud as SandboxAQ’s preferred cloud provider. The partnership is not about chatbots or general-purpose language models. SandboxAQ builds what it calls Large Quantitative Models, a category of AI designed to simulate real-world physical phenomena rather than generate text. SandboxAQ’s core product is a suite of models built for sectors where conventional AI falls short. Drug discovery, chemistry, materials science, sensing, and cybersecurity are its primary application areas. The Google Cloud Marketplace integration makes the procurement process substantially easier for enterprise clients, removing friction from what is typically a long and painful sales cycle in regulated industries. Thomas Kurian, Google Cloud’s CEO, framed the partnership as accelerating the delivery of specialized AI solutions to enterprise customers, emphasizing the shared focus on high-stakes application areas where generic AI tools simply are not adequate. ## The funding picture and what it signals SandboxAQ has raised over $950 million in total funding. The most recent round, a Series E completed in April 2025, brought in $450 million on its own. The investor roster includes Google and NVIDIA. BNP Paribas also participated in the Series E. Following that funding, SandboxAQ’s valuation sits in the range of $5.6 billion to $5.75 billion. ## What this means for the enterprise AI market The Google and SandboxAQ partnership reflects a broader shift in how the cloud giants are thinking about AI distribution. Rather than building every specialized capability in-house, they are increasingly acting as distribution infrastructure for third-party models that serve specific verticals. The cybersecurity angle deserves particular attention. SandboxAQ’s work in this space, including post-quantum cryptography tools, addresses a problem that every major enterprise and government institution will eventually need to solve. Having that capability accessible through Google Cloud puts SandboxAQ in front of the exact buyers who have the most urgent need to plan for cryptographic migration. **Disclosure:** This article was edited by Editorial Team. For more information on how we create and review content, see our [Editorial Policy](https://cryptobriefing.com/editorial-policy/).