OpenAI CEO Sam Altman chats up Samsung to try and secure more RAM — as concerns grow over AI capacity
Days after calling the RAM in your PC "quite terrible," Sam Altman spent Saturday with Samsung's chip chief, but no deal has been reported yet.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, met with around 50 senior Samsung executives, including its chip chief, at a seminar in Samsung's Human Resources Development Center in Yongin, South Korea. The session was billed as an executive AI seminar, but investors interpreted it as an effort to secure more memory chips and AI infrastructure due to global shortages.
The meeting followed Altman's complaints about memory supply being poorly allocated and came at a time when major AI players are facing capacity constraints. Both Samsung and SK hynix reported their memory supplies would be sold out through 2029, with SK hynix booked until 2029. Despite the visit, neither company announced a new memory deal.
Altman emphasized using AI rather than purchasing chips and presented OpenAI's $230 Codex Micro to a recipient from SK hynix.
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