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OpenAI's Custom Chip Embarrasses Nvidia, While Company Vows to Keep Buying From It

26 August 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

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26 August 2026

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technology

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AI Infrastructure

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United States

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Fusion42 · 26 August 2026 · Fusion42 review

OpenAI released its custom inference chip Jalapeño, which outperformed Nvidia accelerators in power efficiency and benchmark results, yet OpenAI confirmed it will continue purchasing Nvidia hardware for training and inference workloads.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Infrastructure, and 5 sources have reported it between 25 Aug 2026 and 26 Aug 2026.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

OpenAI's custom chip shows there is room to outpace Nvidia in inference efficiency but Nvidia's broad data centre scale keeps it indispensable. AI infrastructure founders must balance cutting-edge custom silicon moves with Nvidia dependency risk now.

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5 sources · first reported 25 Aug 2026 · latest 26 Aug 2026

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