CNBC Televisionยท2025-11-04 03:29Cloud Computing & AI Partnerships - Amazon is entering a $38 billion deal with OpenAI to provide cloud computing services [1] - OpenAI is diversifying its cloud infrastructure, utilizing services from Google, Microsoft, and Amazon due to high compute demand [7] - Microsoft has invested $13 billion into OpenAI, experiencing a 10x return after renegotiating the deal [5] - Amazon has invested $8 billion into Anthropic, an OpenAI rival [3] Competitive Landscape - The cloud computing sector is witnessing complex relationships, with Microsoft partly owning OpenAI, a company now partnering with Amazon, a major cloud competitor [1][4][5] - Tech giants are engaging in "proxy wars" through investments in AI startups like OpenAI and Anthropic [5] - Amazon needs to attract significant AI clients like OpenAI to strengthen its AWS strategy [3][8] Hardware & Infrastructure - OpenAI is currently using Nvidia GPUs, even in its Google Cloud partnership, instead of Google's TPUs [9] - Amazon is constructing new data centers specifically for OpenAI, similar to its approach with Anthropic [10] - Amazon's deal with OpenAI is initially using Nvidia chips, but there is potential to incorporate AMD chips in the future [9]