NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Reportedly Intervened to Salvage OpenAI Partnership Amid Google Chip Competition
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang personally intervened to rescue a stalled partnership with OpenAI after reports surfaced that the AI firm was exploring Google’s TPU chips. The $100 billion deal represents one of NVIDIA’s largest strategic moves to maintain dominance in the AI hardware market, according to industry analysts.
High-Stakes Negotiations
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang reportedly scrambled to salvage a major partnership with OpenAI this summer after learning the artificial intelligence giant was considering using Google’s custom tensor processing units (TPUs), according to a Wall Street Journal report. Sources familiar with the matter indicate the potential defection prompted Huang’s direct intervention to secure what has become one of NVIDIA’s most significant AI partnerships to date.