Escalated Google/NVIDIA Rocky messaging discrepancy to Bjorn

Situation

Peter flagged in Leadership Roundtable that Google is giving NVIDIA conflicting information about Rocky Linux usage. One Google contingent confirmed usage to Peter/Bjorn/NVIDIA last week, while a separate contingent is now telling NVIDIA Rocky is not being used. Peter escalated to Bjorn for same-day resolution.

Reasoning

Conflicting messages from Google undermine CIQ's credibility with NVIDIA — if NVIDIA hears Rocky isn't being used while CIQ pitches Rocky-based solutions, the deal falls apart. Escalated to Bjorn because this is a product/partnership alignment issue where Bjorn has the relationship leverage with Google. Resolve today urgency reflects that longer conflicting messages circulate, the more damage to CIQ positioning. Technical side confirmed on track in CIQ 6.18 meeting — the problem is political messaging, not engineering.

Additional Context

CIQ 6.18 part 2 Google meeting happened same day confirming engineering milestones on track. Peter/Bjorn had a follow-up meeting specifically about Nvidia/Google. FIPS pass-through cost one-pager also due to JD from Kelly Hall.

Observed Evidence

Fathom recording of Leadership Roundtable captures Peter identifying the discrepancy and directing Bjorn to resolve. Calendar shows Google engineering meeting same morning (milestones on track) plus a dedicated Peter/Bjorn Nvidia/Google follow-up meeting that afternoon.

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