OpenAI Sees Massive Surge in Inference Demand
sama · x · 2026-07-15
Sam Altman stated that the growth of 5.6 sol is staggering. OpenAI's inference team has done a massive amount of work to support the demand, but the team will continue scaling up capacity by "moving mountains."
He also warned that while they will continue to do their best to scale, there may still be some minor glitches/wobbles in the near future.
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