Sources: OpenAI and Broadcom discuss terms for Broadcom to finance initial custom chip production for ~$18B, conditioned on Microsoft buying ~40% of the chips (Anissa Gardizy/The Information)

Anissa Gardizy / The Information: Sources: OpenAI and Broadcom discuss terms for Broadcom to finance initial custom chip production for ~$18B, conditioned on Microsoft buying ~40% of the chips - When OpenAI and chip designer Broadcom announced last fall that they would make custom artificial intelligence chips together, they positioned it as a done deal.