OpenAI Signs $38 Billion AI Training Partnership with Amazon Web Services
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OpenAI has entered into a $38 billion, seven-year partnership with Amazon Web Services to gain access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs for training its AI models. This deal marks a significant shift as Microsoft loses its exclusive cloud provider status with OpenAI, allowing the AI company to diversify its cloud infrastructure and immediately begin using AWS compute resources. The capacity is expected to be fully deployed by the end of 2026, with potential for further expansion into 2027 and beyond.
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· 4 pulledOpenAI has struck a $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services that will give the AI giant access to 'hundreds of thousands' of Nvidia GPUs to power its AI models.
The seven-year partnership comes as Microsoft continues to loosen its grip on OpenAI, dropping its status as its exclusive cloud provider and losing the first right of refusal to host its AI workloads.
OpenAI will 'immediately' start using AWS compute to train its AI models, according to the press release.
'all capacity targeted to be deployed before the end of 2026, and the ability to expand further into 2027 and beyond.'
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