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OpenAI announces new Guaranteed Capacity offering for customers to secure compute

Altman said OpenAI will make sure it leaves enough capacity available for its products like ChatGPT and its coding assistant Codex.

OpenAI announces new Guaranteed Capacity offering for customers to secure compute

TL;DR

  • OpenAI introduces Guaranteed Capacity for customers to secure long-term compute access.
  • Customers can commit to 1, 2, or 3-year terms with increasing discounts.
  • CEO Sam Altman highlighted the need for capacity certainty in the growing AI field.
  • The offering helps OpenAI plan ahead and is considered a 'big win-win'.
  • OpenAI targets $600 billion in total compute spend by 2030.
  • The program could establish OpenAI's compute business model.
  • Sufficient capacity will be reserved for OpenAI's products like ChatGPT and Codex.