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Tesla Inks $16.5 Billion Deal For AI With Samsung And Elon Musk Says This

Tesla Inks $16.5 Billion Deal For AI With Samsung And Elon Musk Says This

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Tesla stock advanced higher at Monday's stock market open after CEO Elon Musk confirmed late Sunday that the EV giant has signed a $16.5 billion, multiyear, deal with Samsung for AI chips. Musk claimed that the initial price tag on the deal is just the beginning. The Tesla head said on X that Samsung's new Texas fab facility will be "dedicated to making Tesla's next-generation AI6 chip" with the aim of using the new memory chips for Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus, fully autonomous self-driving vehicles and AI data centers.
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