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OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Intel’s Pat Gelsinger defend big spending on AI

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger got a lot of press today as he launched Intel Foundry as a systems foundry business designed for the AI era. And he ended the day with an even bigger newsmaker, as he closed an event of Silicon Valley movers and shakers with a fireside chat with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Gelsinger is risking a lot, spending $25 billion a year on new chip factories that will take advantage of the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act, and he sought some validation for this strategy from Altman.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.