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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman chats up Samsung to try and secure more RAM — as concerns grow over AI capacity
Brief published November 8, 2026 · Original source published November 6, 2026
Original reporting by [email protected] (Rahim Amir), Rahim Amir at techradar.com.
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What happened
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with roughly 50 Samsung executives, including the company's chip chief, in a visit Samsung described as an executive AI seminar. He also lunched with SK's Chey. The meeting follows Altman publicly criticizing the RAM available in consumer PCs. No deal or supply agreement has been announced by either company, leaving the outcome of the discussions unclear.
Why it matters
The outreach signals that OpenAI views memory capacity as a meaningful bottleneck for AI deployment, not just a consumer inconvenience. If OpenAI is actively courting a major chip supplier at the executive level, builders should expect that memory constraints are shaping near-term product and infrastructure decisions at the top of the industry.
What to watch
Whether Samsung and OpenAI announce a formal supply or partnership agreement, and whether competing memory suppliers attract similar outreach. Any concrete RAM specification targets Altman's team discloses would clarify the actual scale of the capacity gap they are trying to close.