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OpenAI cannibalized its own research compute to serve demand

development2025-12-18

Claim

Greg Brockman said OpenAI had to divert its own research compute to meet deployment demand.

Reporting date: 2025-12-18 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to December 18, 2025 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to December 18, 2025

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OpenAI

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Compute crowds out other infrastructure

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OpenAI cannibalized its own research compute to serve demand
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2025-12-18
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2025-12-18-openai-cannibalizes-research-compute
Claim: Greg Brockman said OpenAI had to divert its own research compute to meet deployment demand.
Attributed sources:
- Welcome to December 18, 2025 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-december-18-2025
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