The $100B Stargate Deal: Inside NVIDIA’s OpenAI Partnership

The $100B Stargate Deal: Inside NVIDIA's OpenAI Partnership

The Stargate project represents the largest infrastructure commitment in AI history. NVIDIA sits at the center as both investor and exclusive hardware supplier.

The Players

Partner Role
SoftBank Lead investor, capital deployment
OpenAI Technology partner, AI development
Oracle Data center infrastructure
NVIDIA Hardware supplier + investor

Capital Flows

  • $100B commitment over 4 years for infrastructure buildout
  • Exclusive GPU supply — All compute runs on NVIDIA hardware
  • Equity stake — NVIDIA is both supplier and investor in OpenAI

NVIDIA’s Position

This deal exemplifies NVIDIA’s circular economics strategy:

  1. Invest in OpenAI (equity upside)
  2. Supply all the GPUs (hardware revenue)
  3. Gain visibility into roadmap (strategic intelligence)
  4. Win regardless of which model wins (supplier lock-in)

The Caveat

NVIDIA’s own SEC filings include “no assurance” language around mega-commitments. These deals may not complete as announced. Priorities shift. Partners change direction.

But even partial execution means billions in guaranteed GPU demand.


This is part of a comprehensive analysis. Read the full analysis on The Business Engineer.

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