- OpenAI has enlisted Broadcom and TSMC to build its chip - The company wants to reduce supply risks and costs of AI chips - OpenAI declined to set up its own production facility - Reasons for the decision include high costs, timelines, etc. - OpenAI is one of the largest buyers of AI chips - It uses the chips for AI training and logic inference - OpenAI and Broadcom have been working on the AI chip for several months - In doing so, it may bring in new partners for the project - A team of 20 people is working on its own AI chips - The team is headed by engineers who worked on TPU at Google - The first proprietary OpenAI chip may be released in 2026