According to foreign media outlet TechCrunch, Musk and OpenAI New evidentiary documents added to the legal proceedings show that OpenAI, the star AI modeling companyConsidered entering back in 2017 or so AI Chipsprofessional work.
In a September 2017 email to Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, OpenAI co-founder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever mentioned:
- If we decide to acquire Cerebras, which I strongly believe will be done through Tesla.
- But why do that when we can also make acquisitions within OpenAI?
- Specifically, we are concerned that Tesla has a responsibility to its shareholders to maximize shareholder returns, which is not consistent with OpenAI's mission. As a result, the overall outcome may not be optimal for OpenAI.
Cerebras is a uniquely designed AI chip startup that has launched three generations of AI chips withEach "chip" requires a full wafer to manufacture..
▲ Cerebras latest WSE-3 chip
In another email in July of that year, Ilya Sutskever emailed Musk and Greg Brockman, another OpenAI co-founder and former president, about "negotiating the terms of a merger with Cerebras" and "conducting more due diligence on Cerebras". "Conduct additional due diligence on Cerebras" and other related agendas.
onlyIn the end, OpenAI gave up on the Cerebras acquisition..
For OpenAI.Self-developed AI chips reduce dependence on external suppliers like NVIDIAIn addition, the company will be able to obtain stronger bargaining power with NVIDIA and safeguard its business advancement from being affected when there is a shortage of AI GPUs.
OpenAI has once again shown a strong intention to enter the AI chip field this year. According to IT Home's previous report, OpenAI'sChip design partner is Broadcom, products to be foundry by TSMC.