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One of the most notable moves has been their partnership with Nvidia, where Nvidia invested up to $10 billion into OpenAI to enable the purchase of specialized video processing hardware. Although the optics of this financing have raised questions—some critics note it may appear more like a subsidy—the scale of infrastructure buildout underway is undeniable. The AI market, currently valued at around $250 billion, is expected to quadruple to $1 trillion by the end of the decade, signaling a massive expansion in AI hardware, software, and application development.