OpenAI, Stargate and Samsung
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OpenAI, run by billionaire Sam Altman, unveiled a raft of strategic partnerships in South Korea to support its $500 billion Stargate initiative.
The potential infrastructure investment was announced alongside partnerships with Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., the world’s two largest suppliers of memory chips. OpenAI plans to purchase up to 900,000 wafers per month, which reportedly represents about 40% of the world’s supply.
Stargate, a $500 billion AI infrastructure initiative that is central to Washington's push for dominance in the field, has drawn a slew of investors and suppliers since its launch in January.
Current and former OpenAI employees sold $6.6 billion in shares to a group of investors, pushing the privately held artificial intelligence company’s valuation to $500 billion, according to a source with knowledge of the deal who was not authorized to discuss it publicly.
ChatGPT's Projects feature for organizing AI chats will now be available to free users as part of a recent update.
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