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OpenAI plans to buy Google TPUs for AI models

By Drooid · Oct 28, 2026, 06:07 UTC · How we work

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OpenAI plans to buy Google’s Tensor Processing Units for its AI models, according to an anonymous source.
Richard Ho, who leads OpenAI’s chip team, previously helped develop Google’s TPUs.
Google executive Amin Vahdat said the next AI generation will need diverse compute resources.
Reuters reported Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet aim to spend up to $600 billion on AI infrastructure this year.

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OpenAI plans to buy Google’s Tensor Processing Units for its AI models, according to an anonymous source.
Richard Ho, who leads OpenAI’s chip team, previously helped develop Google’s TPUs.
Google executive Amin Vahdat said the next AI generation will need diverse compute resources.
Reuters reported Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet aim to spend up to $600 billion on AI infrastructure this year.