PANews reported on October 9 that according to Reuters, people familiar with the matter revealed that ChatGPT developer OpenAI is exploring manufacturing its own artificial intelligence chips and has begun evaluating potential related acquisition targets. OpenAI has been discussing a number of solutions to solve the problems of high cost and supply shortage of AI chips since last year, including developing self-developed AI chips and working more closely with chip suppliers including NVIDIA to promote the diversification of AI chip supply sources.

Currently, OpenAI has made acquiring more AI chips a top priority for the company. It has not yet decided whether to continue to develop self-developed AI chips, but if the decision is completed, it will become a major strategy for OpenAI, and it will invest huge amounts of money in chip research and development. The annual cost may be as high as hundreds of millions of dollars, and it will take more than several years, and In the end, there is no guarantee that it will be successfully developed. People familiar with the matter said that if the acquisition route is adopted to speed up the acquisition of technology, OpenAI has considered launching due diligence on potential acquisition targets.