The company will also provide chips to Openai’s data centers.
Released on September 22, 2025
Chipmaker Nvidia invests up to $100 billion in Openai and offers a data center chip to partner between two top profile leaders in the Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) race.
The deal, announced Monday, will include two separate, intertwined transactions, when Nvidia will begin streaming the chips in late 2026, according to people close to Openai.
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The startup said it will pay Nvidia in cash for tips, and Nvidia will invest in Openai for uncontrolled stocks.
The first $10 billion of Nvidia’s investment in Openai, which was recently valued at $500 million, begins when the two companies reach a decisive agreement with OpenaI to purchase NVIDIA chips.
Nvidia did not respond to immediate requests for clarification regarding the transaction. The agreement is one of the agreements that includes agreements between major technology players, including a long-standing investment in Openai from Microsoft, and an agreement between Nvidia and Intel to collaborate on AI chips last week.
The companies have signed an intention for a groundbreaking strategic partnership to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia chips for OpenAI’s AI infrastructure.
They aim to finalize the partnership details in the coming weeks, with the goal of the first rollout phase coming online in the second half of 2026.
“It all starts with calculations,” Openai CEO Sam Altman said in a statement.
“Computing infrastructure will be the foundation of the economy of the future and leverage what we are building at NVIDIA to create new AI breakthroughs and enhance people and businesses on a large scale.”
Nvidia’s investment comes days after Chipmaker Intel’s hard work commits $5 billion.
Openai and its backer Microsoft announced earlier this month that they had signed a new terms of relations that would allow Openai to restructure into a for-profit enterprise.
Nvidia also supported Openai in October 2024 with a $6.6 billion funding round. However, the most valuable companies in the world that make another substantial investment in Openai could lead to antitrust scrutiny.
US President Donald Trump’s administration has been much lighter to the issue of competition compared to former President Joe Biden’s antitrust enforcer.
In June 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission reached a deal that cleared the path of potential antitrust investigations into the dominant role Microsoft, Openai, and Nvidia play in the artificial intelligence industry.
Nvidia’s stocks are surged with new investments. As of 2pm (18:00 GMT) in New York, it has increased by more than 3.9%.
