--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "2b1c33b18c8d0250ea6ef6a7fdf13136bc58d2a06bf53f6e5ba3dc15a938078d" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/2b1c33b1?lang=en" title: "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Meets With Samsung and SK Hynix to Expand AI Chip Supply" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-31T07:52:44.000Z" category: "Chips" topics: ["openai","llm"] source_urls: ["https://huggingnews.com/ai/openai-ceo-sam-altman-meets-with-samsung-and-sk-hynix-to-expand-ai-chip-fbdacfe0","https://x.com/business/status/2116422453131989212","https://x.com/yoolimleenews/status/2116433014154838399","https://x.com/jukan05/status/2116434574993666327","https://marketbrief.now/ai/openai-ceo-sam-altman-meets-with-samsung-and-sk-hynix-to-expand-ai-chip-fbdacfe0"] summary: "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with Samsung and SK Hynix in South Korea to negotiate an expanded supply of memory chips essential for generative AI. The meetings focused on increasing semiconductor capacity to support large-scale AI models amid global hardware shortages. This is Altman's second visit to South Korea in one year, following a previous trip before a surge in global RAM prices." --- # OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Meets With Samsung and SK Hynix to Expand AI Chip Supply > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-31T07:52:44.000Z **Category:** Chips **Topics:** openai, llm ## Summary OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with Samsung and SK Hynix in South Korea to negotiate an expanded supply of memory chips essential for generative AI\. The meetings focused on increasing semiconductor capacity to support large\-scale AI models amid global hardware shortages\. This is Altman's second visit to South Korea in one year, following a previous trip before a surge in global RAM prices\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]()