AMD Stock Skyrockets on OpenAI Bet to Loosen Nvidia’s Grip on the AI Chip Market

AMD struck its biggest AI deal yet Monday morning, securing a 6 gigawatt GPU contract with OpenAI. The partnership gives OpenAI the option to acquire up to 160 million AMD shares—roughly 10% of the company—while AMD commits to delivering its next-generation Instinct MI450 chips starting in late 2026. The deal comes just two weeks after Nvidia announced its own $100 billion partnership with OpenAI for 10 gigawatts of compute capacity. OpenAI's dual-supplier strategy reflects a calculated hedge: The ChatGPT ...