Sam Altman is aiming to raise as much as $7 trillion to significantly increase the world's supply of semiconductor chips, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The OpenAI chief has been talking to prospective investors including the United Arab Emirates government about his proposals to help solve the global chip shortage.
One potential backer Altman's been courting is the UAE's Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan, with the pair meeting recently, the Journal reported, citing unnamed sources.
Altman is said to be presenting his idea as a partnership with OpenAI, chip makers, and investors who can finance GPU chip plants.
The facilities will then be run by established chip makers, the report says.
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