Sam Altman wants to raise up to $7 trillion. That's, uh, a lot of dough.

• Sam Altman is trying to raise up to $7 trillion to manufacture new chips to power AI. 
• According to The Wall Street Journal, he's partly trying to raise money in the UAE. 
• $7 trillion is ... A LOT. Like, way more than the US spent building highways. 

The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with officials from the United Arab Emirates to pitch his plan to build lots and lots of new chip factories. The cost? $5 trillion to $7 trillion.