Feldman: Cerebras signed a $20B+ OpenAI deal in 4.5 weeks
Andrew Feldman · The Story Behind Cerebras’ $63 Billion IPO with Founder and CEO Andrew Feldman · May 21, 2026 · at 25:00
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman recounts the timeline of closing an unprecedented AI inference hardware contract with OpenAI.
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“For a, 20 plus billion dollar deal to do it in four and a half weeks was exceptional.”
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