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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo and agencies

Musk hails $16.5bn Samsung deal to supply Tesla with AI chips

A Tesla robotaxi in Austin, Texas
A Tesla robotaxi in Austin, Texas. Samsung’s Taylor plant, where the artificial intelligence chip will be made, is near to the Texan state capital. Photograph: Joel Angel Juarez/Reuters

Samsung has agreed a $16.5bn (£12.3bn) deal to manufacture artificial intelligence chips for Tesla, in a move hailed by Elon Musk.

The South Korean tech company announced the contract with an unnamed client in a regulatory filing, with Tesla’s chief executive giving further details on his social media platform, X.

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