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6/26/2026

Everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips | Equity Podcast
Short summary
OpenAI's Jalapeño chip marks a broader industry shift: major AI companies building custom silicon to reduce supplier risk and gain performance advantages. The Equity podcast explores memory chip economics, AI agent hype, data center infrastructure, and recent deals in robotics and media-AI partnerships.
- •OpenAI, Google, Apple, and SpaceX developing custom inference chips to reduce dependency on single suppliers like Nvidia
- •Custom silicon provides performance gains and hardware tuning advantages similar to Apple's transition from Intel
- •Episode covers memory chip economics, AI agent applications, space data centers, robotics IPOs, and AI-media investments
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