Nvidia's $100 Billion OpenAI Deal Highlights Concerns About the AI Financial Cycle
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 22 Sept 2025
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- 2
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- 24 Sept 2025, 12:33 pm
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One firm invests $US100 billion in the other, so it can buy $US100 billion of chips made by its investor. Welcome to artificial intelligence’s circular economy.
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The article examines a substantial $100 billion agreement between Nvidia and OpenAI, emphasizing concerns over the financial dynamics within the AI sector. This deal is an illustration of the high-stakes investments prevalent in the industry and reflects a cycle where substantial funds are reinvested to purchase products from the original investor. Although it illuminates significant financial operations in AI, it lacks a direct focus on existential or catastrophic AI risks. However, it implies broader implications for AI governance and market stability, suggesting potential areas for policy attention at both Australian and global levels.
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MarketsChanticleerPrint articleSep 23, 2025 – 10.20amSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginIt’s starting to feel like Nvidia founder and chief executive Jensen Huang is some combination of Warren Buffett and God. In the past few days, we’ve seen two case studies that suggest everything he touches turns to gold.Just four days ago, Nvidia announced it was going to invest$US5 billion ($7.5 billion) in embattled tech icon Intelas part of a deal in which the two will sell each other products.Loading...James Thomsonis senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine.Connect withJamesonTwitter.EmailJamesatj.thomson@afr.comSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreFetching latest articlesAustralia’s 10 most covertly powerful people in 2025Myriam RobinAustralia’s five most powerful property people in 2025Australia’s five most powerful people in law for 2025Billionaire property whisperer Monika Tu spills her secretsSally Patten, Iona Rennie and Rachael BoltonHere’s how to really handle a toxic bossWhy this CEO asks job candidates to describe their desk to himWhy this often-overlooked wine region deserves your attentionMax AllenTime poor? A capsule wardrobe might be your saviourThe secret island idyll Parisians don’t want you to know aboutNicola Forrest spotted with new boyfriend in EuropeHannah WoottonMacquarie-backed seaweed group enlists Japanese giant, eyes IPOA new twist in the billionaire Wright family feud