Feldman: Cerebras signed an OpenAI compute deal worth over $20 billion
Andrew Feldman · Cerebras CEO: Why GPUs Can't Do Fast Inference · Jul 23, 2026 · at 9:49
Andrew Feldman, CEO of Cerebras Systems, discloses the scale of Cerebras' contract with OpenAI.
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“Remember, we did a huge deal. This is probably the largest deals in Silicon Valley history north of twenty billion dollars.”
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