AMD and OpenAI announce strategic partnership to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs

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October 6, 2025

Jon Peddie

OpenAI and AMD entered a strategic agreement to expand large-scale AI compute capacity. AMD will become a core supplier alongside Nvidia, starting with the Instinct MI450 series and continuing through future platforms. AMD granted OpenAI warrants for 160 million shares, vesting at 1-6 gigawatt deployment milestones tied to price and performance targets. The partnership merges AMD’s silicon and systems with OpenAI’s software and workloads to scale next-generation AI. Under the recently announced deal between AMD and OpenAI, the companies will jointly deploy AMD compute technology at large scale, starting with the Instinct MI450 series and expanding to future generations. The

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