OpenAI signs massive $300 billion five-year cloud infrastructure deal with Oracle despite posting $5 billion loss in 2024, as ChatGPT reaches 800 million weekly users and companies plan joint deployment of 10 gigawatts of custom AI processors.
OpenAI partners with Broadcom to build 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips starting late next year, sending Broadcom stock soaring nearly 10% as the deal helps reduce compute costs and brings OpenAI's total compute commitments to 33 gigawatts across multiple chip partnerships.
Salesforce launches Agentforce 360, an enhanced AI platform with flexible programming tools and deeper Slack integration, claiming 12,000 customers while facing fierce competition from Google and Anthropic despite MIT research revealing 95% of enterprise AI pilots fail to reach production.
AMD and OpenAI announce a massive partnership deal where OpenAI commits to deploying 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs starting in 2026, with AMD issuing warrants for up to 160 million shares and expecting tens of billions in revenue from the strategic alliance.
Sam Altman-backed college startup Campus hires former Meta AI VP Jerome Pesenti as CTO and acquires his 1.7 million-user learning platform Sizzle AI, accelerating their engineering roadmap by 2-3 years as they disrupt community college education with $7,320 annual tuition.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg lures AI startup co-founder Andrew Tulloch away from Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab with a staggering $1.5 billion compensation package over six years after failing to acquire the entire company.
Apple acquires computer vision startup Prompt AI and its 11-person team after the company shuts down its Seemour security camera app, beating out competitors xAI and Neuralink to secure UC Berkeley AI researchers for likely integration into HomeKit smart home technology.
Former Apple CEO John Sculley declares OpenAI Apple's first real competitor in decades as the iPhone maker struggles with AI innovation, while ex-design chief Jony Ive joins the ChatGPT creator through a $6 billion startup acquisition, potentially revolutionizing AI hardware design.
Nvidia's new Blackwell chips crush competitors in breakthrough AI benchmark measuring real-world efficiency, with the company claiming $5 million systems can generate $75 million in revenue while tech giants AMD, Google, and AWS race to break Nvidia's stranglehold on AI infrastructure.
Qualcomm acquires Arduino's open-source electronics platform while preserving its independence, immediately launching the $44 Uno Q board featuring AI capabilities and Linux compatibility for Arduino's massive 33 million maker community.