OpenAI Signs $38B Amazon Web Services Deal

Published NOV 4

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Above: A photo illustration of the Amazon logo displayed on a smartphone with the OpenAI logo in the background. Image credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images

The Spin

Techno-optimist narrative

The $38 billion AWS partnership gives OpenAI the massive computing power it needs to advance AI technology for all consumers. This strategic deal provides world-class infrastructure with hundreds of thousands of chips — enabling rapid scaling and bringing cutting-edge AI benefits to millions of users and organizations worldwide.

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Techno-skeptic narrative

OpenAI's massive deals with tech giants like Amazon are creating dangerous monopolistic power that threatens innovation. These trillion-dollar partnerships concentrate AI development in the hands of a few corporations, stifling competition and open-source alternatives. A small clique of mega corporations should not be allowed to control the future of AI.

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Metaculus Prediction

There is a 51% chance that OpenAI will reach its profit cap for the first round of investors by 2035, according to the Metaculus prediction community.