As the AI race heats up, Big Tech companies are both spending big on their own technology and strategically investing in external AI ventures.
Meantime, OpenAI itself has invested in its fair share of startups, including in humanoid robot companies FigureAI and 1X Technologies. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has also put money into several AI health startups, like Thrive AI Health.
And OpenAI has a notable partnership with Apple to bring ChatGPT to some Apple products, though no financial terms have been disclosed about the deal.
It’s no secret that companies are spending on AI — in fact, investments are estimated to hit $1 trillion in the coming years. But while Big Tech has publicized their investments into other companies, they’ve remained opaque on what they’re spending on scaling their own AI offerings, from buying chips to hiring experts to building data centers.
Here’s a list of the Big Tech companies and what we know about their AI investments.
