ConfirmedInvestment + compute
OpenAI buys from Cerebras
OpenAI committed to buy 750 MW of wafer-scale AI inference capacity from Cerebras over three years, receiving warrants for a minority equity stake. Early reports pegged the deal at over $10 billion; Cerebras later confirmed more than $20 billion.
- Buyer
- OpenAI
- Seller
- Cerebras
- Announced
- Jan 2026
- Headline value
- over $20B
- Type
- Investment + compute
- Power
- 750 MW
- Term
- 3 years, deployed in tranches 2026-2028 (option for +1.25 GW by 2030)
- Hardware
- Cerebras wafer-scale inference systems, 750 MW
Sources
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