Sources: OpenAI and Broadcom discuss terms for Broadcom to finance initial custom chip production for ~$18B, conditioned on Microsoft buying ~40% of the chips (Anissa Gardizy/The Information)
OpenAI and Broadcom are negotiating Broadcom financing ~$18B in custom AI chip production, contingent on Microsoft purchasing roughly 40% of those chips.
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<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260507/p39#a260507p39" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Anissa Gardizy / <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/">The Information</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-ai-chip-deal-broadcom-hits-18-billion-financing-snag">Sources: OpenAI and Broadcom discuss terms for Broadcom to finance initial custom chip production for ~$18B, conditioned on Microsoft buying ~40% of the chips</a></b></span> — When OpenAI and chip designer Broadcom announced last fall that they would make custom artificial intelligence chips together, they positioned it as a done deal.</p>
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