Experts say Amazon is playing the long game with its potential $10 billion OpenAI deal: ‘ChatGPT is still seen as the Kleenex of AI’

These days, the OpenAI investment news cycle feels like the most expensive game of musical chairs ever played. And this week, there’s a new player scrambling for a seat. Amazon is in talks to invest at least $10 billion in OpenAI, according to a report from The Information, in a deal that could push the value of the startup past $500 billion. Analysts say the deal looks like a marriage of necessity: OpenAI needs help funding its enormous burn rate, while Amazon needs proof that its custom Trainium chips ...