OpenAI in Secret Talks with Broadcom to Create Revolutionary AI Chip

OpenAI and Broadcom are working together to make Revolutionary AI chips that will help make up for GPU shortages and move AI technology forward.

The Information reported on Thursday that OpenAI is talking with chip makers, such as Broadcom opens in a new tab, about making a new AI chip.

OpenAI is thinking about making its own AI chips because it can’t get enough of the expensive GPUs it needs to make AI models like GPT-4, DALL-E3, and ChatGPT.

According to people who were involved, the Microsoft-backed company is hiring former Google workers who worked on the company’s own AI chip, the tensor processing unit. The company has also decided to make an AI server chip.

A representative for OpenAI told the Information that the company is in ongoing talks with government and business leaders about making it easier for more people to access the infrastructure that is needed to make AI’s benefits available to everyone.

Early this year, Bloomberg News claimed that CEO Sam Altman wants to raise billions of dollars to build a network of factories where chipmakers can make semiconductors. As possible partners, Intel opens a new tab, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co opens a new tab, and Samsung Electronics opens a new tab.