AMD and OpenAI Announce Strategic Partnership
AMD and OpenAI revealed a 6 gigawatt deal to supply energy for OpenAI’s future AI frameworks utilizing various generations of AMD Instinct GPUs. The initial 1 gigawatt rollout of AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs is scheduled to start in the latter half of 2026.
AMD’s robust leadership in high-performance computing systems, combined with OpenAI's groundbreaking research and developments in generative AI, positions both companies at the leading edge of this significant and crucial era for AI.
Through this conclusive agreement, OpenAI will collaborate with AMD as a key strategic computing partner to facilitate extensive implementations of AMD technology, beginning with the AMD Instinct MI450 series and rack-scale AI solutions, while also encompassing future generations.
Through the exchange of technical knowledge aimed at enhancing their product roadmaps, AMD and OpenAI are strengthening their ongoing multi-generational partnership in hardware and software that started with the MI300X and progressed with the MI350X series.
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This collaboration fosters a genuine win-win for both organizations, facilitating extensive AI implementations and promoting the overall ecosystem.
Under the terms of the agreement, to better align strategic goals, AMD has granted OpenAI a warrant for a maximum of 160 million shares of AMD common stock, designed to vest upon the achievement of certain milestones. The initial tranche vests with the first 1 gigawatt deployment, while further tranches vest as purchases increase to 6 gigawatts.
Vesting is additionally connected to AMD meeting specific share-price goals and to OpenAI reaching the technical and commercial benchmarks necessary for facilitating AMD's large-scale deployments.
Dr. Lisa Su, chair and CEO, AMD says,“We are excited to collaborate with OpenAI to provide AI computing on a large scale. This collaboration combines the strengths of AMD and OpenAI to foster a genuine win-win, facilitating the most ambitious AI development globally and enhancing the entire AI ecosystem.”
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Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI says,“This collaboration represents a significant advancement in developing the computational power essential to achieve AI’s complete capabilities. AMD’s dominance in high-performance processors will allow us to speed up development and deliver the advantages of cutting-edge AI to everyone more quickly.”
Greg Brockman, co-founder and President of OpenAI says, “Creating the future of AI necessitates extensive cooperation at all levels of the stack. Collaborating with AMD will enable us to expand and provide AI tools that assist individuals worldwide.”
Jean Hu, EVP, CFO and treasurer of AMD, stated that our collaboration with OpenAI is anticipated to generate tens of billions in revenue for AMD while also expediting the development of OpenAI’s AI infrastructure.
This arrangement establishes considerable strategic congruence and shareholder worth for AMD and OpenAI, and is anticipated to greatly enhance AMD's non-GAAP earnings per share.
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Through this partnership, AMD and OpenAI are building the infrastructure to meet the world’s growing AI demands, by combining world-class innovation and execution to accelerate the future of high-performance and AI computing.