Sam Altman wants to be able to benefit from his own semiconductor production capacities. And for this, he increased the number of meetings with potential investors.
Artificial intelligence can perform a number of exceptional tasks, which has amazed audiences across the world. But AI also needs extremely sophisticated infrastructure to produce results, infrastructures based on extremely powerful chips… but also extremely sought after. To date, it is Nvidia which benefits, while all the giants of the sector like Meta place giant orders. So, to avoid being too dependent, Sam Altman wants to develop its own semiconductor production capacities.
Sam Altman still wants to build his own chips
Even before having to leave OpenAI last November, only to return in triumph a week later, Sam Altman had expressed his desire to be able to benefit from his own chip production networks. A project which is progressing, according to information from Blooombergwith the boss of OpenAI who recently increased his meetings with investors.
The idea is to recover several billion dollars in order to set up a certain number of advanced semiconductor production sites. And among potential partners, Sam Altman contacted several large companies in the sector.
Giants like TSMC called upon
This is how the Financial Times which announces the holding of discussions between Sam Altman and the foundry TSMC, world leader in chip foundry, and which already works for Nvidia. According to information from Bloombergthe Taiwanese group’s competitor, Samsung Electronics, is also one of the potential partners.
The CEO of OpenAI also had discussions with the G42 holding company, based in Abu Dhabi, an AI specialist chaired by the brother of the president of the United Arab Emirates. The investment of a sum which could range from 8 to 10 billion dollars was at the heart of the discussions. Finally, the telecommunications giant SoftBank was also contacted
Source : Reuters (1), Reuters (2)
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