Overview
- The partnership, announced Thursday, gives Google DeepMind a minority stake in Fenris Creations, maker of the long-running MMO EVE Online.
- Both companies said testing will occur on isolated game instances, so no AI systems will run on live servers or touch the player economy.
- The research targets long-term planning, memory, and continual learning in a world that models markets, alliances, and large-scale battles, with any player-facing uses still undecided.
- Bloomberg reported the price as several million dollars, though the firms have not disclosed exact terms.
- Fenris, formerly CCP Games, was sold to Pearl Abyss in 2018 and returned to independence in a $120 million buyout, then reported profitability in 2025.