OpenAI Teams Up with Cerebras for In-House AI Power Moves
OpenAI is breaking from tradition, building its own hardware strategy to lessen its dependency on external tech giants like Microsoft and Nvidia. In a groundbreaking move, OpenAI has utilized Cerebras Systems’ Wafer-Scale Engine, signifying their first step into hardware independence for large-scale AI training and inference, showcasing a new model launched on February 12, 2026. This venture into dedicated AI hardware could set a new trend across the industry towards vertical integration and proprietary data usage.
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