Sam Altman wants to start his own chip company and is working with Middle Eastern investors and chip manufacturers.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is in talks with investors and Middle Eastern chipmakers about starting his own chip company. The company wants to cover the growing demand for chips and end its dependence on Nvidia. It is not yet clear whether the chip company will exist independently or become a subsidiary of OpenAI.

Competitive combat GPUs

Continuous developments in the field of AI have ensured that the demand for powerful GPUs continues to increase. Nvidia has recently made a name for itself among AI developers with its powerful chips, which are already being used by various companies to build and train their AI models.

However, Sam Altman does not want to be dependent on external parties like Nvidia. He is said to be in talks with some of the richest investors and chipmakers in the Middle East, including TSMC. One of these investors is Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan, one of the richest and most influential personalities from Abu Dhabi.

OpenAI’s chip company

OpenAI’s 38-year-old CEO wants to talk to these investors about funding to start his own chip company. With this company, Altman wants to develop chips to train and build AI models. Altman and his investors have not yet commented, but it is believed that OpenAI will become the chip company’s largest customer. In addition to plans for its own chip company, OpenAI recently launched its first collaboration with an American university.

OpenAI is working on a new version of its AI model, which is a major update to its latest product GPT-4. These upgrades make the company even more dependent on chip makers, although that could soon change for OpenAI.