OpenAI hands $38B to Amazon, critics call sellout
OpenAI has secured a major partnership with Amazon Web Services that will provide the artificial intelligence company access to vast computing resources powered by NVIDIA hardware. The agreement extends across seven years and carries a value of $38 billion, representing one of the largest cloud computing deals in the industry.
Under terms of the arrangement, AWS will supply OpenAI with servers built around NVIDIA’s GB200 and GB300 processors designed for AI workloads. Amazon plans to have all committed infrastructure ready for deployment by the close of 2026, giving the ChatGPT creator substantial processing capability to advance its technology beyond current generative AI applications. The partnership notably does not incorporate Amazon’s own Trainium chips despite their availability for machine learning tasks.
This agreement marks the latest in a series of strategic alliances for OpenAI during recent weeks. The San Francisco-based firm has also formed partnerships with NVIDIA, AMD, Microsoft, Broadcom and Oracle to secure computing power across multiple providers. These collaborations appear designed to support potential public market ambitions, with industry observers suggesting a possible IPO valuation exceeding $1 trillion. Amazon highlighted its extensive experience managing AI infrastructure clusters containing more than 500,000 chips.
