TECH - Open AI CEO Sam Altman To Reportedly Meet With Chip-Maker Giants Samsung SK Hynix Over Potential Partnerships On Friday | Benzinga
Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT-parent OpenAI, reportedly plans to meet representatives from Samsung Electronics Co. (OTC:SSNLF) and SK Hynix Inc. in South Korea this Friday.
What Happened: The discussions during this high-profile meet-up are anticipated to revolve around potential collaborations in the field of chip production, reported Reuters, citing two sources with knowledge of the matter.
Altman has reportedly been engrossed in efforts to amass billions of dollars for a semiconductor venture that aims to establish a series of factories for chip production, with Samsung and SK Hynix as probable partners.
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are manufacturers of high-bandwidth memory or HBM chips, integral to artificial intelligence chipsets. Samsung is also a contender in chip contract manufacturing, rivaling Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (NYSE:TSM).
On Thursday, ...