OpenAI Plans to Buy Google TPUs, Diversifying Compute Supply
Bloomberg reports that OpenAI plans to purchase AI chips (TPUs) from direct rival Google to diversify its compute infrastructure. This move signals that Google's custom silicon is spreading to external buyers and rival clouds via partners like Oracle, offering a viable alternative to Nvidia GPUs. The collaboration is further linked by the fact that OpenAI’s chip team lead, Richard Ho, previously worked on Google’s TPU development.
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Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-10-28 01
Bloomberg: OpenAI plans to buy AI chips from Google, adding a direct rival’s processors to its compute build-out.
Richard Ho, who runs OpenAI’s chip team, previously worked on Google’s TPUs, linking OpenAI’s in-house effort to the hardware it now plans to buy.
Oracle will also offer TPUs through its cloud, so Google’s chips are spreading to outside buyers and rival clouds as an alternative to Nvidia GPUs.
