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▶ 0:47 · $NVDA · $OPENAI · Why OpenAI Needs Nvidia’s Money
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The Information

Why OpenAI Needs Nvidia’s Money

2026-08-17 · 4 company · 6 thematic
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phoebe liu

Covers Nvidia and semiconductor supply chain for The Information; broke the story on Nvidia testing Rubin Ultra with reduced memory.

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“Nvidia's trying to cap its risk at 25%. So, I think they're making a very intentional step to kind of signal that they want to cap their direct risk to all of this. And I think if you asked Jensen, he would say there's no risk of default,…”
—phoebe liu
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