Nvidia, OpenAI Launch $100 Billion Collaboration to Advance AI Infrastructure

Nvidia will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI under a major strategic partnership, the companies announced on Monday.

The deal is aimed at supporting the training and deployment of OpenAI’s next-generation AI models, as the company moves closer to developing artificial general intelligence. The first phase of the partnership is expected to launch in the second half of 2026 on Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform, providing the massive compute power required for advanced AI workloads.

“Nvidia and OpenAI have pushed each other for a decade, from the first DGX supercomputer to the breakthrough of ChatGPT,” said Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder and CEO. “This investment and infrastructure partnership marks the next leap forward — deploying 10 gigawatts to power the next era of intelligence.”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman emphasized the critical role of computing infrastructure, saying, “Compute will be the foundation of the economy of the future. Through this partnership with Nvidia, we aim to deliver AI breakthroughs and empower people and businesses at scale.”

Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s cofounder and president, added, “We’ve collaborated closely with Nvidia since OpenAI’s early days. Deploying 10 gigawatts of compute will advance the frontier of intelligence and expand the benefits of AI globally.”

As part of the agreement, Nvidia will become OpenAI’s preferred strategic compute and networking partner for its AI factory expansion. The companies will align their hardware and software roadmaps to optimize performance and scalability.

This collaboration builds on OpenAI’s existing partnerships with Microsoft, Oracle, SoftBank, and Stargate, all focused on creating cutting-edge AI infrastructure.

With more than 700 million weekly active users worldwide, OpenAI said the expanded partnership with Nvidia will accelerate its mission to build AI that benefits humanity. The final details of the agreement are expected to be completed in the coming weeks.