Under the new deal, Google Cloud will provide additional computing capacity to help OpenAI train and run its AI models. For OpenAI, the partnership addresses growing demands for computing power as the company's annual revenue reached $10 billion as of June, according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke to Reuters.

OpenAI has reportedly turned to one of its biggest competitors in the AI arms race to support the training of its ChatGPT models.

CoreWeave, which sells computing services built on Nvidia’s graphics processing units, will provide computing capacity to Google’s cloud unit, according to sources familiar with the matter. The sources also said Google will then sell that computing capacity to OpenAI to meet the growing demand for services like ChatGPT.