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- Demand for AI chips is heavily outstripping supply right now.
- Sam Altman doesn't want OpenAI to be slowed down by a shortage of compute power.
- That's why he's considering building his own supply line, according to reports.
Sam Altman doesn't want OpenAI to be derailed by something as simple as a lack of microchips.
But shortages of such chips, integral to the development of AI, have caused him and many other execs at tech companies seeking to emulate OpenAI's success enormous headaches.
Since the launch of ChatGPT, demand for graphics processing units (GPUs) and other high-end chips has soared, with existing supply lines unable to keep up.