According to source, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is looking into the possibility of producing its artificial intelligence (AI) chips to address the ongoing shortage.
According to reports, OpenAI has conducted extensive market assessments.
OpenAI Market Assessments
Including the possible acquisition of an unnamed chip manufacturer. However, this plan is still being finalized, with internal discussions taking place.
Last year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman emphasized the importance of acquiring more chips for its operations, citing shortages as a barrier to the company’s short-term goals.
According to a now-deleted blog post by Raza Habib, CEO of AI firm Humanloop:
“A common theme that came up throughout the discussion was that currently OpenAI is extremely GPU-limited and this is delaying a lot of their short-term plans.
The biggest customer complaint was about the reliability and speed of the API. Sam acknowledged their concern and explained that most of the issue was a result of GPU shortages”.
Since ChatGPT’s successful launch, AI chips have become a hot commodity.
These chips are intended to make the development of AI systems faster and less expensive.
However, with the proliferation of AI startups, acquiring these chips for OpenAI’s chatbot has become much more difficult.
As a result, OpenAI began to consider solutions to its scarcity problems.
Some of the solutions being considered by the company include the development of proprietary chips, strengthening partnerships with Nvidia, which controls more than 70% of the market, and exploring alternative chip suppliers.
Meanwhile, if OpenAI begins manufacturing its chip, it will join a small group of tech companies such as Google and Amazon that manufacture their own chips.
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