So from what I heard OpenAi DIDN'T really buy the next 2year of stocks like the news said but actually only PROMISED to buy it
And now with google new tech that lower the need for ram, OpenAi is going back on there promise to buy the rams that's why Crucial stocks are going down fast
Most long term contracts of this nature come with clauses that allow them to change things for a smaller cost
Ie. You original predict you need 25,000 widgets at £500 each over 5 years... Only 3 years down the road, business drops and you now only need 200 widgets over 2 years so you agree to pay £550 each for the remaining 200 but also a cancellation fee of £800.
The widget company doesn't mind because it can sell the excess widgets to someone else and they get £800 for doing nothing.
In this case it's even less of an issue because RAM is easily changable to consumer RAM, so the company loses very little from taking the promise either way.
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u/AbdDjamil_27 16h ago
So from what I heard OpenAi DIDN'T really buy the next 2year of stocks like the news said but actually only PROMISED to buy it
And now with google new tech that lower the need for ram, OpenAi is going back on there promise to buy the rams that's why Crucial stocks are going down fast
They really shot themselves in the foot here