Brazil launches AI supercomputer push while balancing US and Chinese tech

The government has announced investments of about 2.3 billion reais ($444.2m) to bolster its artificial intelligence ecosystem.Published On 21 Aug 202621 Aug 2026Brazil will invest about 2.3bn reais ($444.2m) to bolster its artificial intelligence ecosystem, splitting projects between United States and Chinese tech firms in a strategic move that underscores its efforts to balance ties with both superpowers.Just more than half the total, 1.3bn reais ($251m), will fund a supercomputing infrastructure project in Rio de Janeiro developed in partnership with China’s Huawei Technologies and iFlytek, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva‘s government said on Thursday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3The cost of rebuilding family homes in war-ravaged Syrialist 2 of 3Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan moved to hospital from jail after court orderlist 3 of 3US deports nearly 2,300 Mexicans to Guatemala over Mexico’s objectionsend of listThe infrastructure will be used primarily to develop large language models for general and sector-specific applications, it said.Separately, about 1 billion reais ($193.1m) will be allocated through a tender for a supercomputer that Brazil expects to rank...