Following its data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/uk-cosies-up-to-big-tech-with-usd42-billion-data-center-and-ai-investment-deal” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/uk-cosies-up-to-big-tech-with-usd42-billion-data-center-and-ai-investment-deal”>joint announcements of major UK investments last week, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has kicked off this one with a slew of new deals to enhance its own capabilities and increase its valuation ahead of a potential IPO. The company struck a deal for Nvidia hardware worth upwards of $100 billion, a deal with Chinese firm Luxsure to begin building consumer AI devices, and there are several negotiations said to be ongoing with other Chinese Apple suppliers, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=92X1584492&xcust=tomshardware_us_1027470034615213620&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2025%2F09%2F22%2Fapple-supplier-luxshare-shares-pop-10percent-on-report-of-openai-hardware-deal.html&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomshardware.com%2Ftech-industry%2Fartificial-intelligence%2Fopenai-makes-flurry-of-deals-in-drive-towards-for-profit-model-ai-giant-teams-up-with-nvidia-luxshare-apple-and-more” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/22/apple-supplier-luxshare-shares-pop-10percent-on-report-of-openai-hardware-deal.html” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” rel=”sponsored noopener” data-hl-processed=”skimlinks” data-placeholder-url=”https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=92X1584492&xcust=hawk-custom-tracking&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2025%2F09%2F22%2Fapple-supplier-luxshare-shares-pop-10percent-on-report-of-openai-hardware-deal.html&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomshardware.com%2Ftech-industry%2Fartificial-intelligence%2Fopenai-makes-flurry-of-deals-in-drive-towards-for-profit-model-ai-giant-teams-up-with-nvidia-luxshare-apple-and-more” data-google-interstitial=”false” data-merchant-name=”cnbc.com” data-merchant-network=”SkimLinks”>according to CNBC.
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