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Broadcom said to secure $10B+ OpenAI AI chip order for 2026
Bay Area Times
September 05, 2025
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Top stories today:
- Broadcom said to secure $10B+ OpenAI AI chip order for 2026
- Amazon, Microsoft, Google, OpenAI pledge AI-in-education
- OpenAI has announced AI-powered hiring platform to take on LinkedIn
- NVIDIA said to rent 18K of its own AI chips from Lambda in $1.5B deals
- Bret Taylor’s Sierra closes $350M round at $10B valuation
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1. Broadcom said to secure $10B+ OpenAI AI chip order for 2026
Broadcom share price +9% in pre-market trading Fri.:
OpenAI will reportedly use the chip internally, without selling it to external customers.
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan vaguely referred to the partnership during its earnings call on Thu.
“Last quarter, one of these prospects released production orders to Broadcom,” Tan said.
Broadcom’s outlook will improve “significantly” in fiscal 2026, Tan told investors.
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3. Amazon, Microsoft, Google, OpenAI pledge AI-in-education commitments at White House event
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First lady Melania Trump hosted the event with cabinet secretaries and tech CEOs, including Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, and Sam Altman.
The U.S. needs to “massively grow our electricity production” to meet AI demands, Energy Secy. Chris Wright said.
No discussion of child safety as teens’ AI-linked suicides raise alarm
President Trump wasn’t at the event.
Relatedly, tech CEOs including Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg thanked Trump for promoting chip and AI investments at his dinner.
Zuckerberg said Meta is investing “at least” $600B in the U.S. through 2028, after Trump pressed him.
Trump promised an easy energy-permitting process for data centers.
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