OpenAI partners with Broadcom to design its own AI chips

SAN FRANCISCO AP OpenAI explained Monday it is working with chipmaker Broadcom to design its own artificial intelligence computer chips The two California companies didn t disclose the financial terms of the deal but stated they will start deploying the new racks of customized AI accelerators late next year It s the latest big deal between OpenAI maker of ChatGPT and the companies building the chips and material centers required to power AI OpenAI in new weeks has declared partnerships with chipmakers Nvidia and AMD that will supply the AI startup with specialized chips for running its AI systems OpenAI has also made big deals with Oracle CoreWeave and other companies advancing the statistics centers where those chips are housed Plenty of of the deals rely on circular financing in which the companies are both investing in OpenAI and supplying the world s the greater part valuable startup with apparatus fueling concerns about an AI bubble OpenAI doesn t yet turn a profit but says its flagship chatbot now has more than million weekly users OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reported the work to develop a custom chip began more than a year ago Evolving our own accelerators adds to the broader ecosystem of partners all building the ceiling required to push the frontier of AI to provide benefits to all humanity he noted in a announcement Broadcom shares surged more than on Monday after the morning announcement Broadcom CEO Hock Tan mentioned in a report that we are thrilled to co-develop and deploy gigawatts of next generation accelerators and configuration systems to pave the way for the future of AI